Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
RAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
Warmer Tonight, Golden Christmas
Night; Fresh Southerly Winds.

Forecast till pm. Fridays
For the District of Columbia, rain tonight
and Friday; warmer tonight: colder FRI
day night; fresh southerly Winds.
For Maryland, rain and warmer tonight.
Friday rain, possibly turningsinto snow in
the mountain districts with lower tempera-
ture: fresh to brisk southerly winds.
For Virginia, rain, and warmer tonight.
Friday rain except possibly snow and cold
er in mountain districts; fresh to brisk
southerly winds a. T.
Minimum temperature Neutrality-suspicious.
hours. SO; year ago, IL. ; .hAgg
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The southwestern storm has Joined with a
depression over the north and a trough OF
low pressure extends from Texas north
eastward. The result has been general
rains over the low area, with some little
snow on the northwest and northern edge,
and with very much higher temperatures
over the east and south 1t was also
warmer in the northwest and somewhat
colder in the extreme southwest.
There will be rain tonight and Friday In
the upper Ohio valley, the middle Atlantic
and northern portion OF the south Atlantic
states. There will be rain, tonight in the
lower Ohio valley, east gulf and southern
portion of the south Atlantic states, follow
ed by fair weather Friday. except along the
south Atlantic coast. There Will be rain in
Friday.
1t will be warmer tonight in the Atlantic
states and colder in the lower Ohio and
lower Mississippi valleys. 1t will be colder
Friday in the lower lake region, the Ohio
valley and east gulf states.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be fresh to brisk southerly; on the
south Atlantic coast fresh to brisk east to
south, and on the east gulf coast fresh east
to south. shifting to northwesterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk southerly winds,
cloudy weather with rain to the Grand
Banks.
the following heavy precipitation On
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Fort Smith, 100;
Springfield, Mo-, 1.O4; Evansville, 1.24.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
ermometer-December %. 4 pm, Al; 8
pm, 80: ~ midnight. SO; December "a,
a. m. 36; am. 80; II noon, A
Maximum. a., at pm. December %;
minimum, 80, at am, December "a.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %, pm. 80: 8
p. M, 80 81: - midnight, 3O.32: December "a
am, 5000; am, %; noon, BOIL.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls-Temperature, "a; condi-
ton, 8. Dalecarlia acknowledgements e,
81; condition at north connection, 2; condi-
ton at south connection, 5. Georgetown
distributing reservoir-Temperature &c. con-
dftion at inf1uent gate house, IL condition
at eftiuent gate house, 30. Washington city
reservoir-Temperature "a condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; condition at eff1uent
gate house, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 5:41 am. and 5:54 D. m. !;
high tide, 11:27 am and 11:39 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:15 am. and 6:34
pm; high tide, 1904 am
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:20 a. M; sun sets, 4:3S
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1920 am.
Moon sets, 1918 pm. 80 "a.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted if
teen minutes a11er sunset and extinguished
Co. l..ra