Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-26
COLD TONIGHT.
Wednesday Fair, With a Cold Wave;
Variable Winds.
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Wednesday Fair, With Cold Wave;
Variable Winds.
Forecast till pm. Wednesday.-For the
District OF Columbia and Maryland rain or
snow and colder tonight. Wednesday fair,
with cold wave; variable winds, becom-
ing fresh to brisk westerly.
For Virginia, fair in western, rain in
eastern portion; colder tonight Wednes-
day fair; much colder, with a cold wave;
fresh southerly winds, shifting to westerly.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, %; year ago, "a
Weather conditions and general forecast
The disturbance that was central Monday
morning in western Texas has increased
greatly in energy and moved rapidly north
eastward to central Ohio. An area of high
pressure and much colder weather has
swept southwark over the eastern slope,
causing freezing temperatures to the Texas
coast. A second depression is moving
southeastward over the northeastern Rocky
! mountain SLOPE and pressure continues
high in the plateau region and the north
eastern districts
Heavy snow has fallen in the Ohio valley,
the lower lake region and there has been
| rain in the lower Mississippi valley, Ten
nessee, and the west ern por ion of The south
Atlantic states. The weather has cleared
in the middle Mississippi valley and the
southwest.
1t is considerably warmer this morning
In the upper Ohio valley and lower lake re-
giOn, also in the south Atlantic states. 1t
is also warmer in the northwest and much
colder in the southwest, temperatures hav-
ing fallen twenty-five degrees to thirty-five
degrees in Arkansas, northern Texas, west
ern Tennessee, and the lower Ohio valley.
the Ohio storm will move rapidly north
eastward, giving rain or snow tonight in
the middle Atlantic states and snow in the
lake region. The weather will clear in the
south Atlantic states tonight.
1t will be much colder tonight in the east
gulf states, the upper Ohio valley and gen.
orally along the western slope of the APP
paachians. 1t will be colder Wednesday
| in Atlantic coast districts.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be brisk to high southwest to
south, shifting to northwesterly; on the
south Atlantic coast fresh southWesterly,
shifting to brisk extraordinarily, and
on the east gulf coast brisk to high north
westerly, diminishing.
Cold wave warnings have been issued for
the middle and south Atlantic states, east
gulf states, eastern Tennessee: eastern
southern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and
western New York.
Storm warnings are displayed from Jack
sonvile to New York.
Steamers departing for European ports
will have fresh easterly winds and rainy
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 tventy-four hours beginning
at 2 pm. yesterday:
MISUNDERSTANDING %, 4 pm, 80; s
pm, 81; II midnight, 80. January 26, 4
M, %; am, IS; II noon, 81; pm, SO.
Maximum. 36. at pm. January %; mini
mum. %, at am, January 26.
BarOmeter-January 25, pm, 3O.45; s
pm, 3O.4 - midnight 3041 January %.
am, 30.31; 8 am, 1921; noon, 3OU7; 2
pm, 1896.
Condition of the Water.
Great Falls-Temperature, SO; condition,
!. Dalecarlia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3:55
condition at north connection, 2; condition
at south connection, 3. Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir-Temperature, 80; con-
ditiOn at in1uent gatehouse, 2; condition at
effiuent gatehouse, 3. Washington city res
ervoir-Temperature 80; condition at in
fluent, 8; condition at eftiuent, So
Tide Table.
Todsy-Low tide, 8 am. and S:54 pm
| high tide 33 a. m. and all pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, $50 am. and 9:51
pm; high tide, opt am. and 3:O7 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
| Today-Sun rises, 7:12 a M; sun sets, ia
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, I'll am.
| Moon sets, :53 am. tomorrow.
| The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
! tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
| All arc ani incandescent lamps lighted fif-
| teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguiShed
| fortyfiVe minutes before sunrise.