Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-21
WEATHER
Fair and Continued Cold Tonight
Thursday Fair: Warmer.


For the District of Columbia, fair
and continued cold tonight. Thursday
fair and warmer. followed by increas-
ing cloudineSs by Thursday night; low
est temperature tonight about 16 de-
grees; moderate westerly winds, be-
coming variable.
Minimum temperature past tWenty-four
hours, 10; year ago, "a.
Snow is again reported from the
Great Lake region. the Ohio valley.
mountain districts of the middle At
lantic states, as far south as western
North Carolina and eastern Tennessee,
under the influence of an area Of low
barometric pressure that Is central on
the New England coast. Another
storm area covers the Rocky mountain
region and it has caused SHOWS over
the Rocky mountain and plateau re-
gions and local rains in the Pacific
states.
A further fall in temperature is re-
ported from all districts east of the Mis-
sissippi river. and this morning freezing
temperature is recorded as far south as
northern Florida. Rising temperature is
in progress over the western plains states.
The indications are that the western
storm area will move eastward and cause
rain tonight >or Thursday in the east gulf
states, rain or snow I'm Tennessee and the
region: elsewhere east of the Mississippi
river the weather will be fair tonight and
Thursday. except that there will be snow
in eastern Maine tonight Low tempera-
lures will continue tonight In the eastern
states, and frost will occur in Florida, ex-
cept in extreme southern portion. The
temperature will rise tonight and Thurs
day in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys
and teh lake region, and Thursday in the
Atlantic states, the upper Ohio valley and
the lower lake region.
The winds along the New England coast
will be brisk northwest and west, dimin-
ishing and becoming variable Thursday:
on the middle Atlantic coast moderate to
brisk westerly. becoming variable Thurs
day: on the south Atlantic coast light to
moderate westerly. becoming Variable on
the east gulf coast moderate variable, be-
coming southeast and south over western
portion.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk westerly winds and
generally fair weather to the Great
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 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: December 20 pm, 81:
am. 1s; am. 10: II noon. %: pm,
%. Maximum. 81. at pm. December
20: minimum. 1S at am. December p.
Barometer: December 90 pm, 1892:
s Pm, 1854; IL midnight, 1900. Deem
Der 21- am. 29.73: am, 1915: noon,
29.91; PM, 1885.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 6:17 am and 6:37
p.m: high tide. 1908 am. and 1923 pm.
Tomorrow-I4ow tide. 7:1O am. and 7:36
pm; high tide. 1880 am. and 1.02 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 7:15 am; sun sets 4:42
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 7:16 am.
Moon rises 1888 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset >
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
distinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.