Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-12-26
Rising Temperature Is
Expected Tonight;
Snow Due Tomorrow
Freezing Along Atlantic and
Gulf Coast-Colder in
Middle West
PERTH AMB0Y SHlVERS
Some Relief from Intense
Cold Is Expected Tonight
in Atlantic States

With the sudden drop of the ther-
mometer during the night this city
and vicinity felt the first real touch
of winter in this locality. The mer-
curry at o'clock this morning stood
at 10 degrees above zero, a drop of
more than twenty degrees in twenty
four hours according to the official
weather man who is predicting a
cold spell over the eastern section
of the country with possibly chance
of some snow within a short time.
All along the Staten Island shore
of the Staten Island sound a good
layer of ice formed during the night
and reached far out into the sound.
This Is practically the first of the
season to be seen along short in this
vicinity. While there was light fall
of snow yesterday morning there
was not enough for the kiddies to
try out their new sleds which Santa
Claus had left during the night.
skating on the smaller ponds will be
the mecca for the little folks, while
the ice at the water works pond is
rough and will not be fit for use un-
til 1t is flooded and made smooth
for the winter sport.
| The return of the cold weather Is
only for a short time says the wealth
er man as there are indications that
the temperature will steadily rise to-
morrow.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-The
rise In temperature now in progress
in sections of the west will be fol-
lowed tomorrow night or Sunday by
another cold wave in the lower lake
region and the Ohio valley, the
Weather Bureau forecast today.
Much colder weather has mean
while overspread the Atlantic States
and there are freezing temperatures
generally along the gulf coast from
Pensacola, Fla, westward but to-
night there will be rising tempera-
lures in the lower lake region. New
England, the Middle Atlantic states
and the Ohio valley. and tonight and
tomorrow in the East Gulf states, and
tomorrow in the South Atlantic
states.
A northwestern disturbance NOV
ing rapidly eastward will be attend
ed tonight and tomorrow by light
snow in the lower lake region,
northern New York and northern
New England, and In the upper Ohio
valley, southern New England and
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Atlantic states tomorrow.
CHICAGO. Dec. 26 (By The Asso-
ciated Press) The Eastern states
today were due for their turn at
fighting off the wintry blasts which
brought the coldest Christmas in
years in many sections of the middle
and far west. A measure of relief
from sub-zero temperatures was
promised today in the lower lake re-
gion and the Ohio. Tennessee and
Mississippi valleys. but cold weather.
cloudiness and snow fiurries were
forecast to continue the next few
days. AS the cold wave spread east
ward lowered temperatures were
forecast for the Atlantic coast. the
Applacachian region and the east
gulf states.
Unusual cold continued to grip
the Pacific coast states today. The
thermometer was forced below zero
at points in California. oregon and
Nevada.
The cold brought unusually low
temperatures even to southern Cali
ing their black smoke through the
citrus belt near Los Angeles to pre-
vent additional damage to the crop
FROST bitten yesterday with an esti-
mated loss of 10 per cent. or $780,
900. At Santa Barbara the tempera-
ture of 23 degrees above zero was
the lowest in the history of that
weather bureau.