Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-23
WEATHER
Rain or Snow Tonight and Saturday
Followed by Clearing.


For the District Of Columbia. rain
probably mixed with snow tonight ant
Saturday morning, followed by clearing
warmer tonight; colder Saturday after
noon; lowest temperature tonight abou
36': brisk southeasterly winds, shifting tt
northwesterly Saturday: fair and mod
erately cold weather probable Sunday
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, .; year ago. 1S.
The extensive area of low barometrie
pressure that covered the plains states
Thursday advanced eastward, and now
covers the Mississippi valley and the lake
region. Within this area there are two
storm centers. one over Mississippi and
the other over Lake Superior. These dis
turbances have caused general rains fT
the gulf states, rain and snow in Ten,
nessee. the Ohio and upper Mississippi
valleys and the lake region. High winds
have occurred on the gulf. coast, warn.
ings of which were issued Thursday
Shows are also reported from Montana
and Idaho, and rains from Washington
and Oregon
Much warmer weather prevails through.
out the region east of the Mississippi
river and in the extreme northwest, and
much colder weather covers the plains
states.
The Indications are that the western
storm will move eastward, and cause
general precipitation tonight in the region
east of the Mississippi valley. and Satur'
day in the middle Atlantic and New Eng
land states, the upper Ohio valley and the
lake region.
general change to colder weather
will Overspread the lake region, the Ohio
valley, Tennessee and the east gulf states
tonight. and the Atlantic states, ex-
cept New England, Saturday. The tenn
perature will rise tonight i'm the middle
Atlantic and New England states.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
gulf coast from Mobile eastward, and or
the Atlantic coast from Key West te
Norfolk: also on the Pacific coast 'at the
mouth of the Columbia river.
The winds along the New England
coast will be increasing south and south.
east, probably becoming high tonight; or
southeasterly. becoming high to-
night and shifting to Northwestern
ly Saturday: on the south Atlantic coast
increasing southeast and east. becoming
high and shifting to northwesterly late
tonight or Saturday; on the east gull
coast brisk and high southeasterly. shift.
ing to northwesterly tonight.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have increasing southerly
winds. becoming high: unsettled weather
with rain or snow to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gr
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Shreveport, 1870
Memphis. 30: vicksburg. 1865; Little
Orleans. 11s; Galveston. 1.16: Palestine
1854; Houston, go: Taylor, 2.38; Mobile
1.SO; Corinth, 1.24.
Records for Twentv-Fonr Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS % pm, 30:
pm, 26 II midnight, %: December 2S.
4 am, %; s am, 30; IL noon. 33: 2 p.m..
81. Maximum. 81 at pm, December %
minimum, % at am, December q.
Barometer-December %. pm, $3.50:
pm, 1850: IL midnight. 3O.44: Decem-
Der 23. am. 3O.41: 8 am, 30.39; II
noon,, 1923; pm, 1923.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. sol am. and s:3e
p. M; high tide, 1:26 am. and 90 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, S:5f LIN. and
9:33 pm; high tide, 2:22 am. and 2:4s
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose. 7:16 am; sun SETS
4:43 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 7:17 am
Moon. last quarter, 5:27 am. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps a,
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and .incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished foFty-five minutes before
sunrise.