Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-01
COLDER TONIGHT.
Thursday Fair, Colder; Variable Winds,
Becoming Westerly.

NAAS
District of Columbia, partly cloudy and
colder tonight Thursday, fair, colder; va
r:able winds, becoming fresh westerly.
For Maryland. partly cloudy tonight,
SHOW and colder in mountain districts.
Thursday, fair, colder; variable winds, be-
coming fresh westerly.
For Virginia, partly cloudy tonight. prob
ably rain or snow in extreme southeast por-
fair. colder; light variable winds, becoming
fresh northwesterly.
Minimum temperature past twenty-fou
hours, %; year ago, %.
Weather conditions and general forecast
An area of high pressure of great magni-
tnde is spreading southeastward from the
upper Missouri valley, where barometer
read ings this morning are again close 10
81 inches. The wave of high pressure is
attended by the lowest temperatures thus
far recorded during the present winter.
In central and eastern districts the wealth.
er continues cloudy and threatening. Some
rain has fallen in the southwest, and light
SHOWS have occurred in the Rocky noun
tain region, western Kansas and western
Nebraska.
There has been general fall in tenn
perature in central and northwestern dis
tricts. In Montana a reading of AZ degrees
below zero was reported this morning.
The weather will clear tonight in eastern
districts, but rain is probable along the
south Atlantic coast and northern Florida.
1t will be much colder tonight In the
upper Ohio valley and the western portion
OF the lake region, also in the lower Mis-
sissippi valley, and it will be decidedly
colder Thursday over practically the whole
of the Washington forecast district.
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coasts will be variable tonight, be-
coming fresh west to northwest Thursday;
on the east gulf coast fresh northeasterly
winds will shift to brisk northweSterly.
Cold wave warnings are displayed in Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Indiana, lower Michigan,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia,
western Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Ala
bama, western Florida and northern and
western Georgia.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have moderate west to north
west 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
at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-January 81 pm, "a; s
p. M, %; IL midnight. "a. February /, A
In, "a: TN, %; IL noon. q; 2 pm. 90.
Maximum, 90, at pm. February L; mini
mum, %. at 2 am. January 81.
Barometer-January go pm. 3O44; &
p .m., $685. IL midnight. 3O.41 February L,
am. 30.3s; am, 3O.37; noon, 1898: 2
p. m, 1922.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
q .m-Great Falls, temperature, SO; condi-
ton, SO. Dalecarlia reservoir, temper
allure, 80; condition at north connection,
So; condition at south connection, SO.
Georgetown distributing reservoir, temper
ature, 33: condition at infiuent gate house,
SO: condition at eff1uent gatehouse, SO.
Washington city reservoir, temperature, SO;
condition at infuent, 80; condition at ef-
fluent, %.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1905 am; high tide,
5:41 am and 900 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1880 am. and 1
p. m; high tide, 6:36 am. and 1852 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 7:O7 am; sun sets, $40
pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:O6 am.
Moon rises 5:3S am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The CITY lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tnguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.