Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-26
SNOW TONIGHT.
Probably Rain Tuesday; Much Colder
Tomorrow Night.

froDapIy Ram TUESDAY; MUCH Coloer
Tomorrow Night.
Forecast till S pm. Tuesday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia and Maryland snow to-
night, probably turning into rain Tuesday,
much colder Tuesday night; increasing east
erly winds.
For Virginia. rain tonight. Tuesday rain
turning into snow, with much colder in
western portion; fresh northeasterly, shift
ing to southeasterly winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, %; year age, "a.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The first decided cold wave of the season
is spreading rapidly southeastward over the
eastern slope of the Rocky mountains. The
temperature this morning is below zero in
the Dakotas, Montana and western Wyo-
ming, with minimum reading of 80 degrees
below at Havre, Mont. The area of high
pressure attending this cold wave occupies
the northeastern Rocky mountain slope.
and extends well southeastward into Me-
braska. An area of low pressure Is central
In northern Texas. and second area Of
high pressure covers New England and
Atlantic coast districts.
The southwestern storm will move north
eastward during the next thirty-six hours
anc cause general rains throughout Ken
lucky, Tennessee and the south Atlantic
states and snow rain in the upper Ohio
valley and the middle ATLANTIC states. The
weather will clear Tuesday in the lower
Mississippi valley and the east gulf states.
1t will be decidedly colder in the lower
Ohio valley, Tennessee and the gulf states,
and the cold wave will doubtless spread
into the upper Ohio valley and the south
Atlantic states Tuesday night or Wednes-
day
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coasts will become fresh east to
southeast: and on the east gulf coast brisk
southerly, shifting to northerly.
Cold wave warnings are displayed in up
per and lower Michigan, Wisconsin, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Kentucky, western Tennessee,
eastern Iowa, eastern Missouri Oklahoma,
northern Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Palestine, 2.76; Shreve
port, 800.
During the twenty-four hours ending at s
am. Sunday: Terre Haute, Ind, 120; Flor
ence, Ala. 40; Columbia, Tenn, 1.50; Riv-
erton, Ala, 14S.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have moderate north to east
winds and cloudy weather.
The following were the readings of the
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %, pm, &c; s
Pm, 26; IL midnight, g. December %, 4
am, 20; am, q; II noon. %; pm, %.
Maximum, q, at p.m December %; mini
num- %, at am, December %.
acknowledgements p, pm, 3O31 s
pm, 1922; II midnight 1921. December &c,
am, 3O.35; am, 30.39; noon 3O.3S; 9
pm. 30.3S.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
a m. Great Falls, temperature. SO; condi-
ton, 1. Dalecarlia reservoir temperature,
80; condition at north connection 2; condi-
tom at south connection, g. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, "a; con-
dltoin at inf1uent gate house, SO; condition
at eff1uent gate house, 49, Washington
city reservoir, temperature SO; condition at
irfiuent, 36; condition at effiuent, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 4:52 am. and sos p.m.
high tide, 1910 am. and II :01 p.m
Tcmorrow-LOw tide, Sal am. and G:O2
p. M; high tide. 1882 am. and II 80 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, III am; sun sets, 4:44
pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:1S am.
Moon rises. 9:21 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.