Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-16

Rain and Warmer Tonight; Sunday
Colder and Cloudy.

Colder and Cloudy.
For the District Of Columbia. rain and
warmer tonight. Sunday colder and
cloudy; moderate southerly winds. shift
ing to northwesterly.
The west gulf. storm of Friday morning
has moved to eastern Indiana with a
considerable increase in intensity, and
general rains and SHOWS continued over
the eastern half of the country and the
west gulf states and extended into Mis-
souri,. Arkansas and oklahoma. Local
SHOWS also continued in the northwest
ern states. and there were SHOWS and
rains in the middle and northern plateau
and the north Pacific states.
1t is decidedly warmer in the south At
lantic states, and colder i'm the gulf
states. Over the remainder of the coun-
try temperature changes were not de-
cided.
The interior storm will continue north
eastward attended by general rains and
SHOWS tonight and Sunday in New Eng
land, New York and the lower lake re-
gion. and rain tonight in the southern
portion of the middle Atlantic states,
North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and
the upper Ohio valley, followed by cloudy
weather Sunday. There will also be
local SHOWS In the upper lake region,
while in the south the weather will be
generally fair.
1t will be colder tonight in the upper
lake region. the Ohio valley, the South
Atlantic and east gulf states, with frost
in the latter district, and colder Sunday
over the eastern portion Of the country
generally. 1t will be warmer tonight in
New England and the middle Atlantic
states.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be increasing
east to southeast; on the south Atlantic
coast moderate to brisk southwest to
west; the east gulf. coast moderate
west to northwest.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have increasing east to
southeast winds with rain to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the last
twenty-four hours: Augusta. $50; Ben
tonville. 1.32; Charlotte, LA; Lynchburg
1.30; Macon, 1.68: Nantucket, 1.O4: RAJ
leigh. LAO; Springfield, Mo, 1.24; Thorn
asville, LES; Columbia, S. c., 2.2S
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday: - +,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT p.m.. 43; s
p. m, a; II midnight, ~; today. am,
43; pm. Il; II noon, A; pm: IS
Maximum. A. at pm. today; minimum,
Temperature same date last year-Maxi-
mum, %; minimum, 26.
Barometer-Yesterday, 4 pm, 1000; s
pm, 1904: u midnight, 1000: today. 4
am, 29.99; am, 1898; L noon, $3.50;
. pm, 1852.
Condition of the Water. -
Temperature and condition of water a.
8 am: Great Falls-Temperature, ~;
condition, 16. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature, Al; condition at north connec-
ton, IL; condition at south connection,
10. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature, 43; condition at influeEt
gatehouse, IA; condition at ef1uent gate
house. 10.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. lib am; sun sets.
1880 pm. -.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, TIA am.
Moon rises, 3:7 am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
eXtinguishing begun one hour befo. G
sunrise All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset anu
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. December
16.-PotOmac and Shenandoah rivers both
clear this morning.