Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-16
RAIN TONIGHT.
Sunday Fair and Colder; Fresh
Winds.

Winds.
Forecast till s pm. Sunday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
rain this afternoon and tonight. Sunday
fair and colder; fresh west to northwest
winds s-s15-H-.=
For Virginia, rain tonight; warmer in ex-
IRENE southeast portion. Sunday fair and
colder; fresh to brisk southerly winds, be-
coming westerly.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours IS; year ago, 30
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The depression that covered the eastern
Rocky mountain slope Friday morning has
moved eastward with unusual rapidity and
great increase in intensity. 1t Is central
this morning over Lake Huron, with
southwestern extension into the lower Mis-
sissippf valley. A second depression of
moderate energy is advancing eastward
over the northern plateau. ridge of high
pressure parallels the eastern Rocky noun
tain slope, and second high is passing
eastward off the south Atlantic coast.
The precipitation of the last twentyfour
hours has been confined to the north Pa
cif1c coast and northern plateau the Ohio
valley, Tennessee and Arkansas.
1t is much warmer from the lake region
southwark to the Gulf of Mexico, and tenn
peratures are considerably lower IN the
northwest.
There will be snow tonight in the lower
lake region, the middle Atlantic states and
the upper Ohio valley and rain in the south
Atlantic and east gulf states. Snow will
continue in the lower lake region Sunday;
elsewhere the weather will be fair.
1t will be much colder tonight in the Ohio
valley, Tennessee and the lower Mississippi
valley, and it will be colder Sunday in the
middle and south Atlantic states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be brisk southerly. becoming north
westerly; on the south Atlantic coast fresh
southerly. increasing, and on the east gulf
coast fresh southerly, shifting to north
westerly
Cold wave warnings have been issued for
Mississippi southwest Alabama and west
ern Florida.
Storm warnings are displayed on the Pa
cific coast from San Francisco northward;
on the Atlantic coast from Delaware
Breakwater to New York, and at Mobile
and Pensacola.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southerly winds, shift
ing to westerly, with snow or rain 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 hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: January 15- pm, "a;
pm, 26; y midnight, 20 January 16-4
am, %; s am. "a; II noon, SO; pm, 49,
Maximum-3S at pm. January Is. Mini
mum-1s at Il midnight January 10.
Barometer: January 15-4 pm, 1921;
pm, 80 %; II midnight 30 % January 16-
4 am. 30.15; am, 1902; noon, 1906;
pm, 1915.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, tempera ture, 80; condi-
ton, SO; Dalecarlia reservoir. temperature
SO; condition at north connection. SO; condi-
ton at south connection, SO; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, "a; con-
dition at infiuent gate house. 80; condition
at effluent gate house, SO; Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 33; condition at in
fluent, SO; condition at effiuent, 49,
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1:26 am. and 80 PM;
high tide, 7:15 am. and 7:4 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:10 an. and PIE
pm; high tide, 1857 am. and S:07 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, I'll am; sun SETS 500
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, TIT am.
Moon sets, 500 pm. 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-five minutes before sunrise.