Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-19
CONTINUED COLD TONIGHT.
Minimum Temperature About 20 De-
grees-Fresh Westerly Winds.

grees-Fresh Westerly Winds.
Forecast till p. m. Friday: For the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
fair and continued cold tonight and Friday;
minimum temperature about 20 degrees to-
night; fresh westerly winds.
For Virginia: Fair and continued cold to-
night and Friday; fresh westerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty -four
hours, 81; year ago, 6S.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The crest of the cold wave is now crossing
the Atlantic and gulf coasts, and will cover
the Florida peninsula tonight At New Or
leans the temperature this morning is 30
degrees, and at Mobile 26 degrees. These
are the lowest readings on record at those
stations for the second decade of November.
At Jacksonville this morning the tempera-
ture is SO degrees with indications Of fall
to or below the freezing point tonight In
northern Florida, and frost temperatures In
central Florida. In the western part of the
country the temperatures are rising slowly.
A disturbance that is acquiring marked
strength has appeared on the north Pacific
coast, attended by rain on the Pacific slope
from the San Joaquin valley northward.
The cloud area attending this storm has
extended eastward over the middle and
northern Rocky mountain districts, and
snow is reported in the extreme northern
Rocky mountain region.
Fair weather is indicated for tonight and
Friday in the eastern and southeastern dis
tricts with a slight rise in temperature
Friday.
Brisk northerly shifting to northeasterly
winds and marked fall in temperature
are indicated for western Cuba tonight and
Friday.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be fresh westerly; on the south Allan
tic coast fresh northerly; on the east gulf
coast fresh northerly. shifting to northeast
md f1,A lob &1,fvy
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh west to northwest
winds and fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Halifax, 2.14.
Records for Twenty Four Hours.
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at 2 pm. yesterday:
ermometer-November IS. pm, So;
s pm, 81; midnight, "a November 49,
4 am. q; am, 26; u, noon, 33: pm, 81.
Maximum. 81 at pm, November 10; mini
mum, "a at am November 49,
Observation-Disclosures 49, pm, 1923; 8
10, am, 3O.42; 8 am, 40; noon, 80. so;
2 pm, 3O.4S.
Condition of the Water.
temperature ana COnQltlOn or water at .
a. M: Great Falls temperature, 43; condi-
ton, SO; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature
Al; condition at north connection, SO; condi-
ton at south connection, SO; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, 46: con-
dition at infuent gate house, SO; condition
at efiuent gate house, SO; Washington city
reservoir. temperature, Al; condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; condition at efi1uent
gate house, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 2:O5 a. m. and 2:15 D.
M; high tide, sol a.. m. and S:1S p m.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:53 a. m. and 3
p. M; high tide, S:45 a. m. and 8 p. m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, $40 a. M; sun sets, AL
p. m.
Noon sets, 500 p. M; new moon, 1910
a. m.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:51 a. m.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tlnguiShing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-tive minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, November
19.-Both rivers are clear here.