Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-28
COLD WAVE TONIGHT.
Temperature Will Fall to 20 or Less by
Tomorrow Morning.

Forecast till 8 clock pm. Thursday
For the District of Columbia, Delaware
and Maryland. fair and colder tonight and
Thursday. cold wave tonight: temperature
will fall to a minimum of 20 degrees OF
less by Thursday morning: diminishing
northwesterly winds.
For Virginia, fair and colder tonight, with
cola wave in eastern portion. Thurs
day fair. colder in eastern portion; fresh
west tC northwest winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 30; year ago, u.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The storm center Tuesday morning in
northern Illinois moved slightly northward
during that day. and assumed the proper
ticns of hurricane over Lake Michigan.
The barometer fell to 2S.S6 inches in Mil
waukee. ard southwesterly gales with snow
prevailed over the lower end of the lake.
The storm this morning has diminished IN
energy. but fresh westerly gales continue
ever Lake Erie and high northwesterly
winds over lakes Michigan and Huron.
An offshoot of the main depression is also
central this morning over New England;
II has been attended by heavy rains, but
as yet strong winds have not developed.
The weather is fair and cold in the south
anG west In the lake region and the
Ohio valley light snow continues.
The weather will clear in New England
tonight. with much lower temperate lures.
Snow will continue in the lake region and
the upper Ohio valley tonight and Thurs
Gay. with somewhat lower temperatures.
1t will be colder tonight in the middle
and south Atlantic states and Florida.
Somewhat lower temperatures will prevail
Thursday in Atlantic coast districts.
The winds on the middle Atlantic coast
will be high northwesterly. diminishing
Thursday: on the south Atlantic and east
gulf coasts fresh northwesterly winds VIII
prevail.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
New England coast from Cape Cod to New
Haven. on the California coast from San
Francisco northward. and on the Oregon
and Washington coasts, except at Astoria,
Aberdeen and Puget sound.
Cold wave warnings have been issued for
eastern North Carolina. the District of Co
iumbia. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
and New York.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Eastport. 100; Port
land. 1.12: Providence. 112: Boston, 80;
Chattanooga. 1.04: Syracuse lis: Madi-
son, 1.76; Knoxville, LII: Port Arthur 100.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have high shifting winds, with
ram or snow. 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 p. m. yesterday.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81. p. m. IS; 8
pm, 40; II midnight, 80; December 2s,
pm, 81; S am, Al; l. noon, SO; p m, 81.
Maximum. 80 at pm December %;
minimum, 80, at go pm, December IS
Barometer-Decembe 81, i pm. 296S; s
p. m, $3.50; y midnight 1913: December
IS. a m, 29.24 am, 29.34; noon, 300;
> pm. 1858.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by AZ
feck'S standard thermometer was fol-
lows: am. 30 degrees; - noon, ~ de-
grees; "a m. A degrees.
Nondition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
a.m.-Great Falls, temperature, "a; condi-
tiCn IL Dalecarlia reservoir. temperature,
80. condition at north connection. 16: con-
dition at south connection, s. Georgetown
distributing reservoir. temperature, 30: con-
ditIon at infiuent gate house, 6: condition
reservoir tempera ture, 81 condition at in
fluent. SO: condition at eff1uent. }6.
Tide Table.
Todav-Low tide. 6:32 Am. and 700 p.m.;
high tide. 1926 a m. Tomorrow-Low tide,
7:2J am. and sol pm; high tide, 2:46 a. m.
and ID pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. us: a. m sun sets, 4: AS
pm. TomorToW-Sun rises. 7:1S am.
Moon rises II SO 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 are and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished