Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-13
COOLEST or WINTER
Weather Bureaus Prognosti-
cation for Early Future.
ZERO WEATHER COMING
BREEZY WAVE HEADING IN
THIS DIRECTION.
Elements Today Reminder of the
Blizzard Of 1So9-Fickleness Of
the Temperature.
ZERO WEATHER COMING

The coolest weather of the present winter
is scheduled by the weather bureau 10
reach Washington late tonight or early TO-
morrow morning. with zero temperature.
The cold wave is coming this way with
considerable rapidity from the northwest,
where the country is in the grasp of biz
zard temperatures, the thermometers in the
wake of the wave recording from 10 to -
degrees below zero.
Tomorrow we will have fair and cold
weather in Washington said Prof. Gar
riott to a Star reporter late this afternoon.
Reminder of 80 Blizzard.
The stormy elements were busy today
celebrating the sixth anniversary of the
great blizzard of 1899, which converted
Washington into a dreary desolate waste
of ice and snow. Although in comparison
the storm of today was of much less sever
ity than the other. the prevailing conql-
tons have been disagreeable in the eX-
IRENE and have caused considerable dis
tress among the poor and the suspension
of much outdoor work.
Monday, February 10, 1899. just six years
ago today Washington was in the throes or
the greatest blizzard ever known in this
section. 1t surpassed in severity the bllZ-
zard of 1855. The wind blew a gale of thir-
ty-six miles hour from the northwest,
and drifted snow was piled high on all
sides, there being mantle thirty lhcneS
deep on the level in places where the wlnd
did not strike. The thermometer was down
about the zero mark; street car trafflc was
suspended, and but few pedestrians ven
tured forth, and there was terrible suHef-
ing among the poor of the city.
The uncertainty of the weather mere
abouts is shown by the fickleness of the
temperature here today. The thermometer
this morning started in at "a degrees above
zero, two degrees above the freezing
point; the mercury rose until it had reached
81 degrees and there was fair prospect OF
a thaw, when there came sudden decline,
about noon, which Prof. Garriott says Will
continue until the zero point is reached.
Cold Wave is General.
The cold wave that has set in is general,
the weather bureau officials report. Zero
temperature is reported from northern
Texas, while the thermometers record Y
degrees below zero at Omaha and Kansas
City; Is below at st. Louis and Chicago; 10
degrees below in Oklahoma; degrees be-
low at Louisville, and above zero at
Memphis.
Freezing weather will extend southwark
tonight to the south central part of sunny
Florida, with low temperatures along the
south Atlantic coast.
The Washington weather today has in
Guided a combination of rain, snow and
sleet, with clustering north and west
winds The freezing weather tonight will
perry as glass, it is said, and pedestrianism
will be dangerous TO life and limb. The
failing weather will pass away this even
ing, it is predicted, leaving the skies clear
or partly cloudy.
The rough weather today had the effect
of reducing the attendance at the public
schools and caused nearly the entire sus-
pension of outdoor operation The country
roads leading to the city are said to be in
a terrible condition, and but few nearby
vegetables are being brought to market.
This has resulted in making those COM
modities scarce and high.
The Snowfall
Snow fell here yesterday morning until
about 7:30 o'clock when it was succeeded
by sleet. This in turn gave way to rain
about 10 o'clock.
The moderate temperature of yesterday
and this morning gave hopes that the river
might open, but the cold wave, with zero
temperature, which is Whizzing along to-
ward Washington from the northwest has
blasted these hopes, and rivermen state
that tomorrow will witness the face of the
Potomac frozen harder and deeper than at
any time this season.