Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-15
PROBABLY SNOW TONIGHT.
Friday Fair; Light to Fresh Northerly
Winds

| Winds.
Forecast till pm. Friday.-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land. light snow this afternoon and prob
ably tonight. Friday, fair; light to fresh
northerly winds
For Virginia, snow tonight Friday fair
| fresh northerly winds, becoming variable.
Minimum temperature past twenty four
hours, q; year ago, 26.
Weather conditions and general fore
cast-The disturbance central Wednes-
day morning south of Alabama has adj
Vanced eastward and passed off to sea in
the neighborhood of the Georgia coast
1t Will probably move northeastward dur
ing the next thirty-six hours, but at some
distance from the Atlantic coast An
energetic storm has advanced over the
northern Rocky mountain region during
the last twenty-four hours, and is central
this morning north Of Montana. 1t ex-
tends, however, a considerable distance
to the southwark and gives promise of
reaching still lower ATTITUDES.
Snow or rain has fallen in the south
Atlantic states and southern Virginia,
and rain in Florida, Georgia and Ala
bama. Rain has also fallen on the north
Pacific coast, and snow or rain over the
northern plateau and northern Rocky
mountain regions. The weather contin-
ues unseasonably cold in the Mississippi
valley and thence eastward to the Allan
tic.
There will be snow fiurries this after
noon and probably tonight along the
middle Atlantic coast and light rain along
the south Atlantic coast. Rain is indi-
Gated for Friday in the east gulf states,
the lower Mississippi valley and western
tennessee, and snow in the lower Ohio
valley.
The temperature will rise in the Ohio
valley, lower Mississippi valley and over
the lower lake region.
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coasts will be fresh to brisk
northeasterly; on the east gulf coast
nght northwesterly, and on the lower
lakes mostly fresh easterly, increasing
Friday
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Jacksonville 1.12.
Steamers departing today for European
ports Will have fresh northerly winds
and cloudy weather, with occasional snow
furries, to the Grand Banks.
Note.-Storm warnings will be discon-
tinued on the great lakes and Lake Pepin
for the season on December 10. 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 IA. pm, %; s
pm, IA; II midnight, 8. December Is, 4
am. Z; am, Is; II noon, %; 2 pm, "a
Maximum. %, at pm. December IA; min
imum, q, at 80 a M, December 10.
Observation-Disclosures IA, pm, 3O.3S; 8
pm, 30.41; u midnight 3O42. December
Is, 4 am, 3040; am. 30.35; noon, 5000;
2 PM, 1924.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, 33; con-
dition, 80. Dalecarlia reservoir, tempera-
ture, 80; condition at north Connection, 80;
condition a south connection. SO. George
town distributing reservoir, temperature,
80; condition at inf1uent gate house, SO;
condition at eff1uent gate house, SO. Wash
ington city reservoir, temperature, SO;
condition at influent, SO; condition at eff
fluent, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1922 am. and $3.50
pm. high tide, 1 40 I'm. and 2:15 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 900 am and 40
pm; high tide, 2.2S am and :02 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 7:1O am; sun sets, 80
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, TIL am
Moon sets, 1858 am tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.