Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
HOT WEATHER COMING
GIVEN BY THE OF
FICIALs AT THE BUREAU.

Washington will soon be freed from the
grasp of the autumn-like blasts that have
held sway here for the past few days.
This is the assurance given by the officials
of the weather bureau. who predict that the
city will shortly be enjoying the usual June
weather. small doses of which have been
handed out in sparing way by the weather
men. which only served to whet the
taste of the people for more of the same
prescription. The minimum reading of the
thermometer this morning showed that the
mercury had reached the 6Sth marking. a
gain of four degrees over the record for
yesterday and the conditions show a ten
dency for a still further upward movement
Of the fluid for tomorrow. The prevailing
condition. while 1t does not break any rec
ords. was stated at the weather bureau to
be an exceptional one. from the fact that
it has continued long. Sometimes this
section experiences low temperatures dur
ing this month. and sometimes extremely
high temperatures have been the feature
during May, without the effect being very
noticeable.
The cold weather experienced this way
was due, 1t was stated, to the presence
of an area of low barometric pressure ex-
tending over the lower Missouri valley dur
ing the latter half of May, attributed to a
"draw-down'' over the interior of the coun-
try, which caused flow over that section
of great masses of cold air from the Cana
dian northwest. and from the Hudson bay
regions. This condition continued there
from about the middle of May to the be-
ginning Of June. The effect of the inflow
Of the cold air from the north caused on
the other side of the immense swirl, cor
responding inflow Of warm air from the
south extending over the eastern portion
of the country.
Cold Wave From the West.
During the first half Of this month the
barometrtc conditions that existed over the
west have been transferred to the east and
consequently the great mass Of cold air
that swooped down over that section OF
the country has been projected over the
eastern states The effect OF this trans
position has resulted in this section getting
in a somewhat modified degree the rains
and similar general conditions that pre-
vailed during the latter half of May in the
central valleys. and causing nearly TWO
weeks of intermittent rains. and the ac-
companytng low temperatures, but In DOM
cases the results were in more modiheo
form than was experienced In the west.
Go faras the bureau is informed no snow
has fallen during the present cold snap II
was stated, however. that II was pai S,a
possible that in some OF the n1a,,o indnced
tricts the conditions might nave inouceu
sJeet but there has been no snow IN the
low-iying districts. reaction mas SET IN
and in the west low barometric cohaIuUn
axiats which is slowly moving east. While
there has been no really marked change
indicated, the temperature Is slowly mod
While the cold snap has been the cause
of a great deal of discomfort. 1t Is making
good for the extremely warm Weather ex-
perienced earlier In the season According
70 the charts at the weather bureau be-
tween 500 and coo degrees accumulated ex-
cess. averaging about degree per day and
ord of that hot spell. This accumulation.
however, is being rapidly disposed OF at a
rate of nearly fifteen degrees per day. and
1t is the expectation that before the cold
SMELL IS over the accumulation Mp 20 tbs
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