Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-22

Weather conditions and general forecast:
Nothing has occurred since Thursday night
to lessen the gravity of the flood situation
in the upper Ohio. Conditions continue ex-
tremely threatening in the vicinity of Pitts
burg. At Cincinnati heavy ice Is running,
gorges above and below the city having
broken during the night. The weather con-
ditions continue favorable to rapid break
ing up Of the ice in the rivers and small
streams Of central and eastern Pennsylva-
MIA, southern New York, West Virginia and
western Maryland.
The area of low pressure that was central
Thursday morning in the middle Mississippi
valley has advanced to the lower lake re-
gion. 1t has been attended by heavy rains
in Tennessee, the Ohio valley and the lower
lake region. Light rains have fallen In the
middle Atlantic states and snow IN New
England.
generally throughout the middle and south
Atlantic states, while lower temperatures
prevail In the southwest.
There will be rain tonight in Atlantic
coast districts, the upper Ohio valley and
the lower lake region, and light rain or
snow will continue Saturday along the lakes
and in eastern New York.
It will be colder in the east gulf and south
Atlantic states and the Ohio valley, but no
very decided fall in temperature, such as
would have an important bearing upon the
flood situation, is anticipated.
The winds along the middle and south At
1antic coast will be brisk southerly, shift
ing to northwesterly Saturday afternoon:
on the east gulf coast fresh northwesterly,
diminishing.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantfc coast from Jacksonville to Eastport.
The following heavy precipitation r. Gin
tnches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Little Rock, 204; Fort
Smith, 1.52; Nashville. 1.SS; Chattanooga,
1.16; Louisville, 11S; Memphis, 2.O2; Cairo,
2.54; Birmingham 1.04; Meridian, LA;
Cleveland, 120; Erie, LA.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh eaSterly winds and
rain to the Grand Banks.
Note.-Later advices from the flood dis
tricts show that the ice on the headwaters
OF the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
began to move at 3 o'clock this morning,
and that the, advance movement of the ice
Is expected at Pittsburg about noon today.
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-January p, 4 pm, 50;
pm, Al; II midnight 80. January %, 4 am,
81 IN, Al; II noon, 60; pm. 60.
Maximum. 81. at pm. January %; mini
mum, 80. at am. January %.
Barometer-January q, i pm. 1897; 8
pm. 1901; y midnight. 1886 January %,
am, 1891; am, 1881; noon, 1914;
pm, 1911.
Condition Of the Water.
Great Falls-Temperature, "a; condition,
&C. Dalecarlia acknowledgements 80;
condition at north connection, SO; condition
at south connection, SO. Georgetown dis
tributing neutrality-suspicious., "a; con-
dition at infiuent gatehouse, SO; condition
at effiuent gatehouse, 36. Washington city
reservoir-Temperature 49, condition at in
fluent. SO; condition at effiuent, sc.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide SIS a m and 5:33 p.m.:
high tide II :06 am. and rs pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 5:54 am. and GIT
pm. high tide, 11:47 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises TIA am; sun sets, sos
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, ia am.
Moon SETS 9:5S pm. -
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 after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.