Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
spIRITUALISM.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair, Colder Tonight and Saturday
Temperature Below Freezing.

Forecast till s pm. Saturday-For the
District of Columbia fair, colder tonight
and Saturday, temperature below freezing:
fresh to brisk westerly winds.
For Maryland fair; colder tonight, except
snow in the mountain districts, freezing
temperature in northern portion. Saturday
fair, colder; fresh to brisk westerly winds
For Virginia. fair, colder tonight Satur-
day fair, colder, except in extreme south
west portion; fresh to brisk westerly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The lower remnant of the recent western
disturbance is central this morning over the
St Lawrence valley, with somewhat in
creased energy, while the Pacific coast
storm is now crossing the mountains of
western Montana. The precipitation from
the former storm covers the eastern hair
of the country. while that from the latter
has not yet extended beyond the northern
districts west of the Rocky mountains.
In the slope region, the southwest and the
extreme central west the weather has been
fair
1t is still very warm for the season in the
Atlantic and gulf states, and there has been
another great rise in temperature in the
northwest and extreme west. In the upper
lake region, the central valleys and the
southwest there has been a decided drop in
temperature to a little below normal con-
dltiors
1t will be much colder tonight and Friday
IN the east ana south. with 1alr weather,
except snow fiurries along the lower lakes
and in the eastern mountain districts.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be brisk southwest to west; on the
south Atlantic coast fresh westerly, and on
the east gulf coast light north to northeast.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: indianapolis, LII; Gin
100: Lexington, LII; Buffalo, 1.24; Cleve-
land, Log; Erie, las; Oswego, 1.24; Port
land. Ore, 2.26; Evansville, LA; Roseburg
2SS
ports will have strong southwest to north
west winds, with rain, 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-fCur hours beginning
a. pm. yesterday:
MISUNDERSTANDING 3. 4 pm, Al; 8
pm, 4s; 10 midnight, 49, January 4, 4
am, 80; s am, 80; u noon. SO: pm, 55.
Maximum g.. at 9:?0 am. January 4;
minimum. 81 at pm. January 3.
Barometer-January B. 4 pm, 1870:
pm, 10; II midnight. ?O.07. January 4,
am. $3.50; am, 29.19; noon 1854; .
pm. 29.95.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours. 60; same date one year ago, 45.
Downtown Temperature.
The following temperature was registered
by Feast's standard thermometer today: 8
am, 90; II noon, 80; pm, 63.
Tide Tables.
Today-Iow tide. 5:25 am. and 5:33 p.m.;
high tide. 10 am. and II % pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide 6:05 am. and 621
pm; high tide, 30 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 7:19 am; sun sets, 4:51
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:19 am.
Moon rises. $40 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Decided Drop in Temperature.
A drop of about 30 degrees in the tenn
perature here is indica ted today by reports
received by the weather bureau. Prof. A
j. Henry believes that by tomorrow morning
the mercury will be down close to the
freezing point. AT 8 clock this morning
the soggy weather conditions were &C
companied by the. almost summertime tenn
perature of IS degrees. The warm wave
which now envelOps the Atlantic coast sec
ton Will be disspated tonight and there
may be fair skies with much colder condi-
tons tomorrow.