San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
AND COLD
MONDAY NIGHT
! |SPRED|CT|ON
Temperature May Drop to
h. "a Tuesday Morning,
Jarboe Says.
VALLEY AGAIN WARNED
Rain, SIeet, Hail, Snow and
Norther Visits
City.
VALLEY AGAIN WARNED

The first snow in San Antonio in
three winters was rapidly melting away
at noon Monday. with the thermometer
climbing under the caresses of a tickle
but welcome sun. Fair weather is prob
able Monday night, and Tuesday VIII
be fair and little warmer, according
TO Observer j. III. Jarboe, in charge OF
the local weather bureau. Before Z
O'Clock Tuesday morning, however, the
mercury may drop to point between
~ and so degrees, and frosty weather
is likely throughout the night.
The biting norther which chilled all
ghe Southwest since Saturday night is
forecasted TO dissipate into light varla-
BILE winds, becoming southerly.
The eastern part of the state, to the
coast, and the Rio Grande valley are
warned to expect freezing weather Mon
day night again, the forecast being very
much the same as that for San Aatonlo
and the immediate vicinity.
The cold wave which turned rain at
midnight Saturday into sleet and little
sno. before daylight Sunday, coating
The streets and housetops with cleaning
white and bringing joy TO the hearts
of children and plumbers, and then pro-
vided hail early Sunday night, snow snow
later and a half hours snowfall at :ju
~
Eastward, losing much of It's Kick us
n Travelled. New York reported ~ de-
rrees early Monday, Chicago and mus
burg had l. and Washington report
ed "A. 80
-Ss'he area of low pressure, unseen
and unreported in the Gulf Saturday
which wrecked the weather bureau
forecast of fair weather over the week
end had also gone eastward Monday
ami was centered off the west coast OF
he Florida peninsula. Its presence III
close proximity with the thigh" caused
tho government weather bureau at
washington to issue the following storm
warning for the Atlantic Coast:
ADVISORY, ten a. m. Northeast
storm warnings displayed on the
Atlantic Coast from Atlantic City to
,ape Hatteras. Disturbances over the
Eastern Gulf of Mexico will move north
Eastward attended by strong north
hast winds, reaching gale force TINS
afternoon or tonight;
The bleak weather in Texas extended
through the Rio Grande Valley, where
snow fell for the first time in twenty
ears. it is said. Smudge pots, were
brought into use to save the orchards'
md heavy damage was done IN INT, me
ruck gardens by killing frost. The
mercury touched "A at one time at
Del Rio.
Some Say 10 Degrees.
San Antonio's total precipitation was
81 since Saturday night, according to
weather bureau records. This included
he rain. hail. sleet and snow. The
asst snow here fell on January 20,
1920.
The lowest temperature recorded here
was early Monday, around ,, 3 and 4
o'clock, when the mercury stood at
b4.4 degrees 1t was % at z O'Clock
but rose steadily after that and a thaw
vas in progress at noon. Some Their
nometers in residence districts were re-
ported to be around 20 degrees. Others
lipped down to 10 and below, but
hese were exposed TO the wet, and
yanoration was blamed for the strange
low drops.
The warm-up Monday came with the
Progress southwark of an area of low
PRESSURE which had isolated a fragment
* the cold-bearing high in the west.
his hanging "high- is looked upon TO
eep the weather cool through this
ecton for a few days perhaps. The
bakotas, far below the zero mark Sat
rday and Sunday. were above freezing
Ionday as the allow" came southwark.
Trolleys Were Down.
The cold rain and snow of the week
nd extended both eastward and west
ard from Texas. Virtually every
eather station in the state reported
PINE precipitation.
Houston and Galveston both had an
lch and a half.
Kerrville was still having heavy snow
Ionday morning. The San Antonio
light delivery cars Sunday morning
damaged TO get through to Austin,
Ferryille and Lockhart, though with
fficulty. A relay was necessary
here the snow was deep at Comfort
onzales reported snow at 10 a. m.
Property of the San Antonio Pub
Service company came through the
orm with very little damage. accord
lg to Z. ii. Kifer, general manager
no said he had expected more damage
an was reported. A few trolley wires
ere broken Sunday and early Monday
hen the ice weighted them down. A
W cars also were forced to stay out
night.
In the gas department. little damage
as done other than a few frozen
etsrs. When the peak came Monday
orniHg, the pressure was increased at
e district valves and sew complaints
ere received that the pressure was
w.
The company lost no poles in the
cctric service.
3he Southwestern Bell Telephone
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