Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-09

Fair Tonight and Wednesday, With
Colder Temperature Tonight.

For the District OF Columbia, fair to-
night and Wednesday; colder tonight:
lowest temperature tonight about s de-
grees; high west and northwest winds,
diminishing late tonight.
The disturbance that covered the mid
ole west Monday morning advanced rap
Idly northeastward. and this morning its
center is over New England where the
Darometric pressure Is as low as 28S6
inches. This disturbance has caused
west and northwest gales on the Attain
twenty-four hours 1t caused rains in the
south Atlantic and gulf states and snow
In Tennessee, the Ohio valley, the lake
region and the middle Atlantic and New
decided intensity is off the north Pacific
coast. 1t has caused rains i'm the Pa
cine states and SHOWS in the northern
plateau and northern Rocky mountain
regions.
A change to colder weather is now
overspreading the northwestern states,
and the temperature is lower this morn
ing In the Mississippi and Ohio valleys
and the southern states. Freezing tenn
perature is general along the gulf coast.
The Indications are that the weather
will be fair tonight and Wednesday in
the region east of the Mississippi river.
except that snow is probable on the
great lakes.
The weather will be colder tonight over
the Atlantic seaboard. and cold weather
will continue elsewhere east Of the Mis-
sissippi river tonight and Wednesday.
Cold wave warnings were ordered this
morning for the New England states and
central florida.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
east guf coast. on the Atlantic coast
froSa Jacksonville to PASSPORT. and on
the Pacific coast from San Francisco
northWard.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be west and
northwest gales. diminishing late tonight;
on the south Atlantic coast brisk and
high northwesterly, diminishing late to-
northerly, diminishing tonight.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports Will have west and northwest
gales and fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the last
twenty-fOur hours: Augusta, 1.64: Hat
teras, 1886: Montgomery, LAP: New Or
Me-. $50: Tatoosh Island. LIS; Thomas
vile. :.16: Titusville, 2.36; Tampa. Ito;
Wilmington, n. c.. LA; Eustis, Fla.
1.46; Pensacola, 1.O4; Macon. 1.4o; Co.
lumbia, >. c., LIS.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings. of
Tie thermometer ana barometer dl the
weather bureau for the twenty -four
hours beginning at = pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yester r. p.m.. Is;
s pm. %; IL midnight. %: today. 4
a. M, %: am. IS; IL noon, 81: pm.
%. Maximum, %, at 1 am. today
II. at . am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 30; minimum. "a.
Barometer-Yesterd 1 pm. % 80
8 pm 1852: I: midnight. 2a.$1; today.
am. 29.3S: 8 am. 1854: l. noon.
29.19: . pm, 81
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 600 am. and 6:31
p.m.: high tide, 1905 am.
TomorroW-LoW tide, Z am. and 1:3,'
pm.; high tide, IDS am. -dnd 1851
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 7:19 am; sun sets.
4:56 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 7:19 am.
Moon rises II 10 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
extinguishing begun one hour before sum-
rise All arc and incandeScent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extin2uished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.