Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-17
CONTINUED COLD TONIGHT.
Tuesday Fair, With Slowly Rising
Temperature,

Forecast till pm. Tuesday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
fair and continued cold tonight with tenn
perature near freezing. Tuesday fair with
Slowly rising temperature; brisk northwest
to west winds.
For Virginia, fair and continued cold to-
night with frost. Tuesday fair; fresh west
erly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, "A; a year ago 40.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The abnormally cold weather of the last
few days is the result of the slow southeast
ward movement of an area of high pressure
that developed north of Montana on We'd
nesday, the 18th instant. Its movement has
been very slow. the crest of the high
this morning stretching from Georgia north
ward to the Dakotas. AS the high moved
southeastward shallow depressions contin-
ued to form and move northeastward along
the middle Atlantic coast The last one de-
trail this morning over New Brunswick with
barometer reading less than 1920 inches.
There is difference In pressure this MORN
ing of more than an inch between the
lower Ohio valley and the Canadian mari
time provinces. AS consequence. brisk
northwest to west winds will continue over
northeastern districts. with occasional snow
fiurries along the lower lakes; elsewhere
the weather will continue fair and cold.
The temperatures will begin to moderate
lin the upper Ohio valley ana the lower
Mississippi valley Tuesday.
The winds along the middle Atlantic Goa ss
will be brisk northwesterly; on the south
Atlantic coast fresh northwest to north.
and the east gulf coast light and variable,
becoming fresh Southeasterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk westerly winds and
fair 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 twenty-four hours beginning
al 2 pm. yesterday:
3S; - midnight, 35. April II. 4 am, "a; 8
a m, 80; l. noon, ~; pm, A.
Maximum. n, at pm. April II; mini
mum, 50, at am, April II.
Barometer-April Is, pm, Dl4; pm,
e. 81; IL midnight, $3.50. April II, am.
1891; am, 5000; noon, 1902; pm, 1902.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water, April
II, at s am: Great Falls, temperature, 40;
condition, 10; Dalecarlia reservoir, tempera-
ture, 90; condition at north connection, I;
condition at south connection, .; George
town distributing reservoir, temperature, "a;
condition at infiuent gate house, D; eondl-
ton effiuent gate house, {; Washington city
reservoir, Temperature %; condition at IN
fluent Z; condition at effluent, 16.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1904 am and 1884
pm; high tide, 5:53 m. and 6:2o I'm.
TomorroW-Low tide 1856 IN. and liz
pm: Sigh tide, CAT am. and 7:19 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
rro,3o, CHM roca m SIM sets 6..,S
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:21 am
Moon sets 4:54 a. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tingushing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted nj
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise