Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-12
FAIR, COLDER TONIGHT.
Cold Wave Tuesday, Fair; Fresh to
Brisk Winds.
| Al s nm. Tuesdav.

Forecast till pm. Tuesday.
For the District of Columbia Maryland
| and Delaware. fair and colder tonight. cold
| wave. Tuesday, fair; fresh to brisk north
westerly winds.
For Virginia, fair and colder tonight.
cold wave in the interior. Tuesday. fair;
colder in southern and central portions;
fresh to brisk northwesteriy winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 40; a year ago, II.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
An ofshoOt from the plateau depression
that was central Sunday morning in Ar
kansas has advanced to New England and
merged with a depression that has occupied
the Canadian maritime provinces for sew
eral days. AS a result of its movement up
the OHIO valley considerable snow fell in
that region also in the lower lake region
and the northern portion of the middle At
iantlc states. The northwestern area of
hlSh pressure has moved slowly to the
middle Mississippi valley, and the great
barometric depression that has occupied the
middle plateau region since FRIDAY has
MADE little progress in any direction; 1t
mas caused a heavy fall of snow in the
mountain districts of Colorado and WyOm-
/ ing, and more or less rain over the Pacific
coast states and the plateau.
The weather tonight and Tuesday will
be fair. except along the lower lakes, where
snow is indicated for tonight, and in the
south Atlantic states, where rain is prob
able Tuesday
The temperature will fall TO freezing and
below tonight In the middle Atlantic states.
and 1t will be colder Tuesday in the south
Atlantic states
Cold wave warnings have been issued for
southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware. SOUTH
eastern New Jersey, Maryland, the District
OF Columbia and the interior of Virginia
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast VIII be fresh northwesterly; on the
a 81 Itch 1.
coming northerly, and on the east gulf coast
fresh northwest to north
ne following heavy precipitation Qn
~ lnchesl mas been reported during the past
- hours: Los Angeles, 10; Red Bluff / 10:
San Luis Obispo, 1G
steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh westerly winds and
cioudy weather to the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau t for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
e., ih t II. pm, 81; pm.
AZ; II midnight, 43. March IL am Az
am, Il; IL noon. ~; > pm, A
Maximum 81, at 4 pm. March IL; mini
mum ~. at $3.50 am, March L.
Barometer-March H. I'D m. 20 OF. Snn
&3.96 II midnight. 29.s9. March u, A a m
o".o5; am, @0.12; noon. 3O,1S; pm, Bob
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 3:1S a M and 3:t3 pm.
nigh tide, 9:12 am. and 9:34 pm
Iomorrow-Low tide, 400 a m and 4:3O
pm; high tide, 9:5S an. and 1920 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
. TO Ioday-sun rose, 617 am; sun sets,
Tomorrow-sun rises GIG am.
Moon rises, 1924 pm
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
nghted by thirty minutes after sunset: ex-
tlngulshlng begun one hour before sunrise
An arc ana 1ncandescent lamps lighted fif-
Teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-fNe minutes before sunrise.
Cold Wave Coming.
The good people of Washington will dis
cover by tomorrow morning that winter is
not quite over yet said Prof Edward b.
Garriott, the official forecaster of the
weather bureau. to a Star reporter this
afternoon. "A cold wave is coming down
upon us from the northwest and the tenn
perature Will drop . degrees by morning
Inc theTmometric reading this morning was
80 degrees. Tomorrow morning 1t will be
ABOUT 10 or u degrees below the freezing
point. a general cold wave is prevalent In
the west and northwest and We will get
our share of it."
Prof. GarriOtt also recalled the fact that
today Is the eighteenth anniversary of the
great snowstorm in New York city in
which the late Senator Roscoe ConkIing and
many others lost their lives.
That storm of March IL 1888" he add
ed, was accompanied by the greatest fall
was d record breaker. There will be no
snow with the cold wave that will reach
Washington tonight and tomorrow morn
ing"