Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-20
CONTINUED COLD TONIGHT.
Thursday Fair and Warmer; Diminish
ing Winds.


ing Winds.
Forecast till pm. Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, fair and continued cold tonight, with
freezing temperature. Thursday fair and
warmer; diminishing northwesterly winds.
For Virginia fair and continued cold to-
night, with frost. Thursday fair, with
warmer in interior; fresh to brisk north
westerly winds, diminishing.
Minimum temperature past twentyfour
hours. rs; year ago, 4S.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The development of secondary depression
off the Carolina coast during Tuesday and
its movement northeaStward to the New
England coast, where 1t Is central this
morning, has caused high northeasterly
winds along the Maine coast and strong
northwesterly winds over the middle Attain
tic states and along the coast. 1t has also
caused heavy snow in western New York
and northern New England. A disturbance
of marked energy has moved from the
Pacific coast to the Rocky mountain region
during the last twenty-four hours. Its
rapid movement eastward, however, will be
retarded by the area of high pressure that
still occupies the central valleys.
Snow has fallen in New York and New
England also In the lower Ohio and mid
die Mississippi valleys, and there have been
showers in the Missouri valley, the plateau
region and on the Pacific coast.
1t is much colder in the Ohio valley, the
lower lake region, the middle Atlantic
states, New England, Tennessee and North
Carolina, the temperatures this morning
being as low as at any previous time during
the month In the lower lake region, the
Ohio valley and the greater portion of the
middle Atlantic states they are as much as
20 degrees below the seasonal average.
Snow turning into rain is indicated for the
,,<rIx -
Thursday in Tennessee and the northern
portion of the east gulf and south Atlantic
states.
1t will be considerably warmer in the
lower lake region, the Ohio valley and the
middle Atlantic states Thursday, and
warmer weather will prevail tonight in the
lower Ohio valley and the western portion
of the lower lake region.
High northwesterly winds will continue
along the middle Atlantic coast, and fresh
westerly winds on the south Atlantic coast;
on the east gulf coast the winds will be
mostly light southerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Delaware Breakwater to
Eastport.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Lincoln, Ito; Walla
Walla, 1872; Kansas City, LA.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk northwesterly winds
ana fair weather to the Grand Banks.
Record for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer-April 10, pm, 30; pm,
IS; II midnight, 33. April 20. am, 80; 8
G.m 80; II noon. 43; m, Al. Maximum.
co. at pm, April 10; minimum, %, at
am. April 20.
Barometer-April 10. pm, 29ss: pm,
S003; II midnight. 1906. April 20. am.
1905: am. 30.06; noon. 20.9S; PM, 20. SO.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 48; condi-
ton, 36. Dalecarlia reservoir temperature,
81; condition at north connection 49, condi-
ton at south connection, SO. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, so; con-
dition at infiuent gate house, 80; condition
at effluent gate house, "a. Washington city
reservoir, temperature. so; condition at in
fluent, 81; condition at effiuent, %.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 1903 am. and 1859 p. m.
high tide, 12:3S am. and 1:12 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. S:07 am. and 900
pm; high tide, 1:35 am and 2:13 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, $50 am; sun sets, 6:15
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:5S am
Moon sets. 1:27 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 if
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-fve minutes before sunrise.