Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28

| For the District of Columbia rain this
afternoon and tonight. Wednesday prob.
ably fair and much colder, with q cold
wave: high southerly, shifting to north,
westerly winds.
| The western disturbance Is now cen
| trail over the upper lake region, where
| the barometer at its center has faller
to 1898 inches. 1t has been attended by
northerly gales and snow over the upper
lake region. the Mississippi valley and
the plains states, and rains in the gull
and south Atlantic states, Tennessee, the
| Ohio valley and the lower lake region
Following this disturbance a cold wave
OF marked intensity is spreading east.
ward. 1t now covers the region from tho
mountains. The weather is warmer in
the Atlantic states. the Ohio valley and
the lower lake region.
The indications are that the lake storm
will move down the st. Lawrence valley
and be attended by snow tonight and
Wednesday in the region of the great
lakes and the Ohio valley, and rain to.
night. probably turning into snow Wednes-
day In the north Atlantic states. In the
south Atlantic states there will be rain
tonight, followed by fair weather Wednes-
day. while in the east gulf states the
weather will be fair tonight and Wednes.
day.
The temperature will be decidedly low
err tonight and Wednesday in the region
of the great lakes, the Ohio valley, Ten
nessee and the south Atlantic and east
Gulf states, and Wednesday in the mid
die Atlantic and New England states.
| Cold wave warnings have been Or
| dered for the region east of the Mis-
sissippi river, except New England and
eastern New York.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
great lakes, on the Atlantic, east and
middle gulf coasts and on the north Pa
cific coast.
| The winds along the New England
| coast will be high southerly, shifting to
westerly Wednesday,; on the middle
Atlantic coast high southerly, shifting to
northwesterly; on the south Atlantic and
east gulf coasts brisk and high north
westerly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have southerly, shifting to
westerly gales and rain to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the last
twenty-four hours: Augusta, Las; Jack
| Montgomery, LIP; New Orleans, 2.52;
Macon, Los; Pensacola, 2.S2.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday:
eremometer-Y esterday, 4 p.m., 81:
pm, 45; II midnight, 40: today, am
AZ; am, 43; IL noon, 30; pm, %.
Maximum, s., atS pm. today; minimum.
80 at 1 am. today.
Temperature same date last year-Ma XII
mum, At: minimum, 30.
Barometer-Yesterday A pm, 1925: )
pm, 1925; IL midnight, 3O1S; today, 4
am. 5000; am, 1901; IL noon, $50
pm, 1912.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
Is am: Great Falls-Temperature, 3S:
condition, IL; Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature, Al; condition at north connec-
ton, IS: condition at south connection.
Is. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature. Al; condition at infiuent
gatehouse, is; condition at etTiuent gate
house, 16.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 7:37 am and 7:5s
p. M; high tide, 12:O3 am. and 12:43 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1926 am. and 1888
p. M: high tide, "A am. and 2:20 pm.
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
lihted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-fiye minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va, Novem-
Der 28.-The Potomac and Shenandoah
vivers were both clear this morning.