Evening star., 1903-12-16
LIGHT SNOW FALLa1xPEcrEp.
Fair Weather Forecasted for Thursday
Variable Winds.

3 11I WG6L0eI GOkeC2St6Q 1OT THURSDAY :
Variable Winds.
Forecast till pm. Thnrsday.-For the
District OF Columbia and Maryland, light
SNOW this afternoon or tonight. Thursd ly
fair; variable winds. 52oa
For Virginia. snow or rain this afternoon
or tonight, except fair on the coast. Thurs
day fair: light northeriy winds, becoming
variable.
+ Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours ~; year ago. z el
Weather conditions and general forecast:
There has been a considerable Sc in the
temperatures east of the Rocky mountains,
except in the middle and south Atlantic
states. but they are still much below the
seasonal average from the: MISSES ppi VAL
ley eastward.
There have been light local SHOWS in the
lake region, the upper Ohio valley and
New England. and general rains in the
northern plateau and from central Cali
fornia northward. The rams are due to a
pronounced depress on over the British
Province of Columbia.
With the exception Of Eight local SHOWS
tonight in the southern portion of the mid
die Atlantic states, the weather will be TAR
tonight and Thursday in the east and south.
1t will be somewhat warmer in the Ohio
valley, the east gulf sta les and the north
ern portion of the middle Atlantic states
On the middle Atlantic coast fresh west
erly winds, will become variable; on the
south Atlantic coast the winds will be fresh
north to northeast and on the east gulf
coast light to fresh northeast to east.
Storm warnings are displayed on the Pa
cific coast from Farallon Islands north
ward.
ports will have fresh west to southwest
winds and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
fv1ya1 1ty-f d
1.O4.
Note.-The display of storm warnings
over the great lakes has been discontinued
until the opening of navigation in the
spring of 1904.
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 10, pm, 80; 8
pm, %; II midnight, D. December 16, 4
am, %; am, %; II noon, q; pm., 90
Maximum, 33. at p. m, December 10; mini
mum, 20, at am, December 16.
Barometer-December1 15, 4 am, 1927; 8
pm, 5000: IL midnight, 1929. December
16, am, 1924; am, %; noon, 30.16; 2
pm, 3O.1O.
Condition Of the Water
Temperature and condition of water at y
am: Great Falls, temperature "a; condi-
"a; condition at north connection. &c. condi-
ton at south connection, 36; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, "a; con-
dition at inf1uent gate house. 80; condition
at ef1uent gate house, 36; Washington city
reservoir temperature, 81; condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; condition at effiuent
gate house, 36.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 1908 am. and 1920
p. M; high tide, 6G5 am. and 6:25 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, am. and 1:12 p. m. !;
high tide, 1902 am. and 7:17 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:15 am; sun sets, 4:S5
pm. .-f &f
Moon rises, 5:47 I'm. tomorrow.
TomorrOw-Sun rises, lT:16 am.
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 fit
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.