Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
CONTINUED COLD TONIGHT.
Minimum Temperature Will Be About
Eirht Degrees Above.

Forecast till pm. Thursday: for the
District of Columbia, fair. continued cold
tonight; minimum temperature tonight
about 8 degrees. Thursday increasing
clcudiness; not SO cold; probably snow by
night; fresh north to northeast winds.
For Maryland anu Virginia, fair, con-
tinued cold tonight Thursday increasing
cloudiness; not SO cold; probably snow by
night; fresh north to northeast winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 5: a year ago. 16.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Anomaly cold weather continues over the
middle and northern districts east of the
Mississippi river and has extended into the
south Atlantic states. In the middle west
the temperatures have risen considerably
and are about normal or higher. In the
extreme west they have again fallen, but
not decidedly.
Local SHOWS continued in the lake region
and New England, and rains and SHOWS
west of the Rocky mountains, followed by
clearing weather. There were also light
local SHOWS and rains in Kansas, western
Missouri and the southern slope.
Low temperatures Will continue tonight
from the Ohio valley and lower lake region
eastward, followed by rising temperature
Thursday. 1t will also be warmer Thurs
day In the southeast.
There will be snow in the lower lake
region and the Ohio valley and rain in the
south tonight and Thursday, and snow by
Thursday night in the middle Atlantic
states.
On the middle and south Atlantic coast
the winds will be fresh north to northeast
and on the east gulf coast fresh east to
south
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk west to northwest
winds, with fair, cold 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 twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures 16. pm, II;
pm, II; Il midnight, 9. February II.
am, Z; am, 5; II noon, ID; pm, 20.
Maximum 70, at pm. February II;
minimum. 5. at am February II.
8 pm, 1927; II midnight. 5000. February
II, am, 1904; am, 30.42; noon, 30 As;
pm, 1910.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi-
ton, %; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
81; condition at north connection, IS; con-
dftion at south connection, 10; Georgetown
distributing reservoir temperature, 80; con-
dition at fnf1uent gatehouse, 8; condition at
effiuent gatehouse, Z. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in
fluent, 6; condition at eff1uent, 8.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 2:59 a.. and $40 D. m. !;
high tide, S:42 am. and S:57 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 3:32 am. and BAT
pm. high tide, 9:1S am. and 9:33 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:51 ann; sun sets, 5:3S
pm. ~ 8
Tomorrow-Sun rises, $50 am.
Moon sets, 657 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 fif-
teen minutes after sunset and iextinguished
fOrty-five minutes before sunrise.