Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-24
WEATHER FORECAST.
Increasing Cloudiness and Warmer
Tonight.

Forecast till 8 p. m. Friday-For the
District Of Columbia, increasing cioudiness
and warmer tonight; Friday snow or rain
and warmer, light easteriy winds.
For Maryland, partly cloudy in eastern.
snow in western portion tonight, warmer:
Friday snow In western, snow or rain In
eastern portion, warmer. light to fresh east
erly winds.
For Virginia, partly cloudy and warmer
tonight and Friday. snow or rain Friday in
northern and western portions, light to
fresh northeast to east winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The crest of the Ohio river flood Is nearing
evansville. where the stage this morning
to come. At Cairo the stage was s.s feet.
with a crest of nearly SO feet indicated. the
increase of l foot over previous forecasts
having been necessitated by work on the
embankment of the Mississippi river direct
ly opposite. A great ice jam in the Grand
river of Michigan below Grand Rapids has
caused further rise in the river; at pres
ent, conditions are not very serious, but the
high water will continue for several days
longer. on account Of inability to break the
ice.
Very cold weather prevails this morning
IN the lower lake region and the Atlantic
states, the temperatures ranging from II to
80 degrees below the seasonal average
Over the central valleys and upper lake
region 1t Is much warmer on account of a
trough of moderately low pressure, extend
Ing from Texas northcastward into the
upper Mississippi valley. In the northwest
1t is again much colder with rapidly rising
pressure.
Local SHOWS continued in the lake region,
the upper Mississippi valley and the north
west There was no other precipitation of
consequence.
Temperatures will rise steadily In the
east and south tonight and Friday, except
IN the Ohio valley, where ii will again be
colder by Friday night
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the Ohio valley and lower lake region, and
snow or rain Friday in the middle Atlantic
states.
Cold wave warnings are displayed in
Nebraska and South Dakota.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast Will be light to fresh north to north
east: on the south Atlantic coast light to
1resn northeasterly, and on the east Gulf
coast light to fresh northeast to east
steamers departing today for European
ports Will have fresh north to northeast
winds with fair, cold weather to the Grand
Banks
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty -four hours beginning
at p.m yesterday:
Thermometer-January q. pm, p; 8
am, IA; 8 am, IA; IL noon, q; 2 pm, o.
Maximum. %. at 2:4o pm, January %;
minimum, 13, at 1890 am, January "a.
Barometer-January q, pm, 3O52 8
pm. 3O.51; IL midnight, 3O.5S; January
"a, am, 305S; s am, 3O59; noon, 3O.47;
2 pm, 1910.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours ID; year ago, AZ.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 10:4S a. m. and II 81 p.
M; high tide, All a. m. and 4:34 p. m.
Tomorrow-Lew tide. 11:35 a. m. and -
p. m; high tide, $40 a. m. and 5:35 p. m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 7:12 a. m; sun sets, -
p. m.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, TAI a. m.
+ Moon sets a. m. tomorrow.
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-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a. M: Great Falls, temperature 33; condi-
ton, so; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
"a; condition at north connection, no; con-
dition at south connection, %; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, 35; con-
dition at infiuent gatehouse, 100; condition
at effiuent gatehouse 3d. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 81; condition at in
fluent, 50; condition at effiuent, co.