Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-12
WEATHER
Rain Tonight; Wednesday Fair and
Slightly Colder.

Slightly colder.
For the District Of Columbia. rain to-
night Wednesday fair, slightly colder;
increasing east to northeast winds, be-
coming northwesterly Wednesday.
The disturbance that was over Kansas
Monday morning has moved to the lower
Ohio valley. while the one that was on the
Texas coast moved more rapidly to the
Georgia coast. General SHOWS and rains
still attend these storms, the precipitation
area for the past twenty-four hours hav-
ing reached the Atlantic coast and at the
same time continued westward to the
developed more rapidly, and was attended
by high winds and heavy rains along the
gulf coast. Pensacola reporting an ex-
IRENE velocity Of 100 miles an hour late
Monday night. Storm warnings We're
ordered for the east gulf coast Monday
morning. Another storm Of marked pro-
portions has appeared on the Pacific
coast. attended thus far by rains in Cali
fOrnia.
Temperatures are higher east Of tho
Mississippi river and have once more
reached nearly normal conditions. In the
interior west it Is considerably colder,
with temperatures from 10 to % degrees
below the seasonal average in the middle
and northern districts.
There will be snow tonight and Wednes-
day in New England and the middle At
lantic states and the eastern lower lake
region. light local SHOWS tonight in the
upper lake and western lower lake region
and the upper Ohio valley, and rains in
the south Atlantic states, followed by
generally fair weather Wednesday. In
the east gulf states and the lower Ohio
valley the weather will be fair tonight
and Wednesday,.
1t will be colder tonight and Wednesday
in the upper lake and western lower lake
region. the Ohio valley and the south At
lantic states and colder Wednesday in the
middle Atlantic states.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Atlantic coast from Norfolk to Jackson
Vile and on the north California coast
The winds along the New England coast
will be moderate variable, increasing over
southern portion; on the middle Atlantic
coast increasing easterly: on the south
Atlantic coast brisk to high east to north:
on the east gulf coast moderate northwest
and north.
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:
Thermometer-Yesterd PM, 43; s
pm, 35; II midnight. 81; today, am,
30: am, "a; l. noon, 81: 2 pm. 81.
Maximum, 43. at pm yesterday; mini
mum. 81. at a. m. today.
Temperature same date last year-Maxi-
mum, 55: minimum, :s33.
Barometer-Yesterday 4 PM, 1921: 8
pm, 1926; ~ midnight, 1913: today, 4
am, BOIL: 8 am, sos; l. noon, 1888;
pm, 29.90.
Tide Tables.
Today--Low tide. $50 am. and lO:1S
pm; high tide, 2:57 am. and BIS pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1929 am. and
11:O7 pm: high tide, 1854 am. and 4:O4
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose GIG am; sun sets GOA
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:15 am.
Moon rises 1903 am. tomorrow.
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
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.