Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-18
FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
Cold Wave Tonight; Minimum Tenn
perature About 1e Degrees Above Zero.

| Forecast till p. m. Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, fair tonight and
| Thursday; cold wave tonight with mini
mum temperature about 1s degrees above
zero; continued low temperature Thursday
and Friday; fresh northwesterly winds.
For Delaware, Maryland and Virginia:
| Fair tonight and Thursday; cold wave to-
night; continued low temperature Thursday
and Friday; fresh northwesterly winds.
Maximum Temperatures past twenty-tour
hours, 60; year ago. o.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The advance over the Canadian maritime
provinces of the storm from the Pacific has
been followed in the Atlantic coast districts
| by colder and clearing weather. The high
barometer area from the British northwest
territory now covers the interior of the
country east of the Rocky mountains, and
| its attendant cold wave has reached the in
terror of the Atlantic and gulf states.
During the next twentyfour hours the
cold wave will extend east and south,
causing freezing temperatures on the south
Atlantic and gulf coasts.
Zero Temperatures are reported this morn
ing in the northwest, with minimum of 26
degrees below zero at Havre. Mont.
The barometer has fallen rapidly on the
Pacific coast. and a storm is approaching
the north Pacific coast.
Over the eastern and southeastern dis
tricts fair and cold weather will continue
during the next two or three days.
On the Atlantic coast the winds will d.
mnish in force from the northwest on the
east gulf coast the winds will be fresh
Tortherly, and on the lower lakes fresh
westerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the gulf
coast and on the Atlantic coast from New
York to Key West
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk northwesteriy winds.
with showers or HurrieS n no nd
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Din
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Norfolk, 100; Nam
tucket, 1.32.
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:
Thermometer: November ii pm. 90:
pm, 49, u midnight, A. November IS
1 am AZ; 8 am. 40; - noon SO; . D. m.
20. MaXimum-60, at pm. NovembcV Il.
Minimum-36, at 2 pm November ~.
Barometer: November 1T pm. $3.50;
pm. 29.96; u midnight, 5000. Novem
Der 1S-4 am. 1904; am, 30 IA; noon,
so 10; PM, 3e.1S.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a. m: Great Falls, temperature, so; condi-
ton, SO; Dalecaria reservoir, temperature
A: condition at north connection. SO; condi-
ton at south connection, 80: Georgetown
distributing reservoir, Temperature, 40; con-
ditiOn at influent gate house. &c. condition
at effiuent gate house, 35; Washington city
reservoir temperature, 40: condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; condition at eff1uent
gate house, So.
Tide Table.
Toda y-Low tide, ! Is a. N. and ] 2S p. m. :
high tide ia a. m. and 7:34 p. n.
Tomorrow-l.oW tide, 2:tO a. m. and 30
p. m; high tide, Sol and Sis p. m.
The Sun and Moon.
Toda y-Sun rises CHS a. m; sun sets, 40
p. m.
Moon sets. i:i3 y. N.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 40 a. n.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eN-
tinguiShing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fiji
teen minutes after sunset and exunguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise
Up-River Water.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY. ". Va. November
1S.-BOtii rivers are clear here.