Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
Warmer Tonight; Light to Fresh
Southwesterly Winds.

Forecast till pm. Sunday
For the District of Columbia, Delaware
and Maryland. fair tonight and Sunday,
warmer tonight; light to fresh southwest
erly winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight and Sunday,
warmer tonight in extreme southeast por-
ton; light to fresh southwesterly winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 81; year ago, 81.
Weather conditions and general fore
cast
The barometer is high over the south
eastern states, and low along the northern
boundary.
The southern edge of what is probably a
great depression covering nearly the whole
or British America stretches from the St
Lawrence valley westward to Montana
The center of this great depression is
probably west of Hudson's bay. A depres-
sion OF small extent and energy is central
In the middle plateau region.
No rain of consequence has fallen except
on the Pacific coast from Los Angeles
northward and over the middle and north
ern plateau regions.
The temperature has risen in the interior
valleys and the northwest 1t now ranges
from 10 degrees to % degrees above the
seasonal average in the Missouri valley,
the upper portions of the Mississippi valley
and the upper lake region.
Generally fair weather is indicated for
the Washington forecast district tonight
and Sunday, except in the lower lake re-
gion and lower Mississippi valley, where
rain is probable Sunday.-.. -. =.
The temperature will rise in Atlantic
coast districts, and the warm weather will
continue Sunday and probably Monday in
all portions of the district.
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coast will be fresh southwesterly;
on the east gulf coast mostly light and
variable becoming southeasterly.
init TN,
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Corpus Christi 1856;
Los Angeles 1.2O; San Luis Obispo, 1.5O;
Red Bluff 80.
Steamers departing today fer European
ports will have light to fresh southwesterly
winds and fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
ermometer-December 80 pm, 50; 8
pm, Al: ~ midnight, 40. December 81,
am, 36; am, 80; II noon. IS: pm, "a.
Maximum, 81, at 4 pm. December 80;
minimum, 81, at $50 a M December 81
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 30, pm 1905; 8
pm, 30.07: II midnight 1905 December
81, am, 1908; am, 1905; noon, 5000; 2
pm, 299.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
s am: Great Falls, temperature 80; con-
dition. 8. Dalecaria reservoir, tempera-
ture 80; condition at north connection, 4;
condition al south connection, 4. George
town distributing reservoir, temperature,
"a; condition at influent gatehouse, II;
condition at effiuent gatehouse, IA. Wash
ington city reservoir, temperature, SO; con-
dition at infiuent, II; condition at eff
fluent, So
Tide Table
Today-Low tide, 9:1s I'M and 1909 pm;
high tide PAP a. m. and 3:19 pm.
Tomorr 1w-Low tide 1920 am and
lib pm; high tide, 3:43 am and AIS
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises ITO am; sun sets 4:47
pm. -
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:19 am.
Moon rises 800 am. tomorrow.
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 fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise