Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-03
WEATHER
Rain or Snow Tonight; Wednesday
Fair: Much Colder TONIGHT.

For the District of Columbia, rain or
snow tonight. Wednesday fair: much
colder tonight and Wednesday, with a
cold wave; lowest temperature tonight
about Is degrees. increasing shifting
winds. becoming north and northwest.
Minimum temperature past twenty
four hours, Al; year ago, 81.
y narrow trough of low pressure, eX-
tending from Georgia to southern New
England and strong Atlantic high area
have effectually retarded the progress of
the western cold wave, and while it has
reached the extreme western Florida coast
with freezing temporal ure, it has not vet
crossed the Appalachans. In the in
terror, however, as far as the Rocky
mountains, and except in the extreme
northwest there has been general and
decided temperature fall, with a reading
of 80 degrees below zero at Duluth, Mimi,
ana OF - degrees above zero at Calves
ton. Tex In the extreme northwest tenn
peratures have risen from 30 to 90 degrees
since Monday morning under the infiu-
ence OF a very pronounced low pressure
area over the British northwest.
Fair weather has prevailed over the
west but in the east and south, including
the lake region and the gulf states rains
and SHOWS We're general, the snow ex-
tending into the southern portions of Ala
bana and Mississippi. Heavy rains fell in
portions of the south. necessitatins flood
warnings for some of the rivers.
The eastern disturbance will move
nOrtheastWard, attended by rains and
SHOWS tonight in the Atlantic states. and
SHOWS Wednesday i'm New England and
the northern portion of the middle At
lantic states. There will also be snow i'm
the lower lake region, and tonight in the
upper lake region. The cold wave will
closely follow the low area, and will eX-
tend over the Atlantic states, the upper
Ohio valley and the lower lake region to-
night and "Wednesday, with temperature
close to freezing tonight as far south as
central Florida.
Cold wave warnings are displayed in the
Atlantic states, the lower lake region and
the Atlantic coast from PASSPORT to Jack
sOnVille, and OH the gulf coast from
Tampa To New Orleans.
The winds along the New England
coast will be brisk to high and shifting.
becoming nOrtherly; on the middle At
lantic coast brisk to high and shifting
becoming north and northwest; on the
south Atlantic coast brisk to high west
TO northwest; on the east gulf coast
brisk to high nOrtherly, diminishing by
Wednesday morning
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk shifting winds. be-
coming north and northwest; rain Tues
day; ram or snow and much colder We'd
nesday.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inchesb has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Thomasville, LA
Knoxville b: Atlantic city. 1.O4: Pen
sacoIa. l.Sa: Montgomery. BIS; Mobile.
Ia: Atlanta. 1856; Macon, l.J2.
Records for Twenty Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twentyfOur
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
MISUNDERSTANDING >, pm. So;
IS pm, "a: II midnight, So January
3. am. 80; am, As; II noon. 45 ,
pm, IL. MAXIMUM. 81. ut pm. Jan
uary >; minimum, Al. at pm. jan
uary ).