Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-09
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MUCH COLDER TONIGHT.
Temperature About 1S Degrees
Saturday Fair: Colder.

Forecast till pm. Saturday-For the
District of Columbia, fair and much colder
tonight, temperature about IS degrees;
Saturday fair, colder; fresh to brisk north
westerly winds
For Maryland, fair much colder tonight;
Saturday fair, colder; fresh to brisk north
westerly winds
For Virginia, fair much colder tonight;
Saturday fair. colder except in extreme
southwest portion; fresh to brisk north
westerly winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours 30; year ago, "a.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The southern storm has reached the New
Jersey coast with increased intensity, and
rains and SHOWS have been general in the
Atlantic states Heavy snow fell from the
District of Columbia northward into east
ern New York. There were also local
SHOWS in the upper Mississippi valley and
upper lake region, and rains in California.
Temperatures have risen considerably
from the Ohio valley and lower lake region
eastward and fallen in the central west,
where they from ten to twenty-seven
degrees below the seasonal average. The
weather will be fair tonight and Saturday
in the east gulf and the south and middle
Atlantic states, preceded by snow tonight
in interior eastern New York. There will
also be light snow in the northern and
western portion of western New York.
It will be much colder in the middle At"
lantic states and somewhat colder in the
lower lake region, the Ohio valley and the
northern portion of the south Atlantic
states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be high north to northwest, di-
minishing by Saturday morning; on the
south Atlantic coast fresh to brisk north
westerly, and the east gulf coast light
to fresh n0rtherly
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Delaware Breakwater to
Boston.
|. The following heavy precipitation Gn
| inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Hatteras. 432; Will
mington. 49, Raleigh, 20; Washington.
Ito: Atlantic City, LIS; Scranton. 1.20;
Richmond, 1.32; Philadelphia, 1.12; Norfolk,
ITS ~
ports will have northeasterfy gales with
rain or snow toftthe 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
a pm. yesterday:
hermometer-February 8, pm, 80; p.
M, 80; II midnight, 30; February ., 4 a. m,
So; s a M, "a: II noon, 81; pm, ~.
Maximum, ~, at2 pm, February 8; mini
mum, 90, at 10 pm, February s.
MISUNDERSTANDING 8, pm, 20; p.
m, 80. "a; II midnight, 80 10; February g.
| am. $50; am, 23.S7; noon, 29.9l; pm,
29.92.
Tide Table.
Today-Eowride, 2:25 a M and 2:2S p. M;
high tide sos a. m. and $40 pm
Tomorrow--Low tide, 3O4 a M and 3:14
pm; high tide, $50 am. and 900 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 6:59 am; sun sets 500
pm.
TomorroW-Sun rises Cos am
Moon rises 6:10 m; full moon.
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-
ten minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty five minutes before sunrise