Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-12
RAIN TONIGHT.
Friday Fair and Much Colder; Fresh
Winds

cr1uay ta1f ana Much Colder: Fresh
Winds.
Forecast till s pm. Friday-For the
District of Columbia: Rain tonight. Fri
day fair and much colder; fresh southwest
to northwest winds.
For Maryland: Rain in eastern, rain or
snow and colder in western portion tonight.
Friday fair, colder. except snow in the
mountain districts; fresh southwest to west
| winds.
| For Virginia: Rain in eastern, rain or
snow in western portion tonight, colder in
extreme southwest portion. Friday fair,
colder; fresh southwest to northwest winds.
| Minimum temperature past twenty four
| hours, %; year ago, 25.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The disturbance that was over southern
Texas Wednesday morning has moved rap
idly to western New York by way of south
ern Lake Michigan, attended by general
rains and SHOWS from the slope region east
| ward, and followed by clearing weather In
the slope region and upper Mississippi val
ley. The remains of the southwestern dis
| turbance have also caused a continuance of
the snow in the central Rocky mountain
region and the middle and southern pla-
teauS.
vail to the westward of the storm the line
of zero temperate re extending into south
eastern Kansas. From the east gulf states
northeastward the temperatures are much
higher, ranging from degrees to % degrees
above the seasonal average.
There will be rain tonight in the Atlantic
states. followed by fair weather Friday, and
snow tonight and Friday in the lower lake
region. In the Ohio valley and east gulf
states the weather will be fair
1t will be much colder tonight and Friday
in the east gulf states. Ohio valley and
lower lake region, with a cold wave in the
he cold low
Friday in the Atlantic states.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be fresh to brisk southwest to north
west: on the south Atlantic coast fresh
southwest to northwest, and on the east
gulf coast fresh northerIy
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from New York to Portland.
Cold wave warnings are displayed in the
Ohio valley. central and eastern Tennessee,
east gulf states and the extreme western
portion of Virginia and North Carolina, Illi-
| nois, Iowa, eastern Missouri and Madison.
Wis.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
| inches) has been reported during the past
| twenty-four hours: Cairo, 12S; Springfield,
No, LOS: Little Rock. 1;32; Fort Smith,
| 1.52; Springfield. ILL.,, los; New Orleans
2.36; Nashville. 1.O2; Chattanooga, LOS; At
| lanta, 2.O4; Montgomery. 2.32: Mobile, 1.24; ;
Knoxville, 10; Vicksburg, 1874; Memphis,
100; Ashevilie. lbs; Evansville, Ito; Me-
ridian, 800; Birmingham. $50.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk to high southeasterly
winds with rain, shifting to colder westerly
Friday 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 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-January II, 4 pm. 80: 8
pm, %; - midnight, 2S. January H. A
am, 30; am, 80; II noon, "a; pm, 80.
Maximum, 3d. at pm, January 12;smini-
mum, 81 at am, January IL.
Barometer-January II, 4 pm, 305S: 8
pm, 1854: - midnight. 3043. January L,
4 am, 1927; am, 1910; noon, 5000; 2
pm, 29.95.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature 80, condi-
ton Z; Dalecarlia reservoir temperature 49,
condition at north connection 4, condition
at south connection 3; Georgetown distrib-
uting reservoir. temperature "a condition at
infiuent gate house 2, condition at eff1uept
gate house 2; Washington. city reservoir.
temperature 80, condition at influent . con-
dition at effluent 4.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 7:01 am. and 7:31 pm. !:
high tide. 1890 am. and 12:51 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:45 am and $50
p M; high tide, 1:02 am. and / 30 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, tbs am; sun sets. 4:5s
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:1S am.
Moon-l1:42 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 arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extingushed
forty-five minutes before sunrise.