Evening star., 1935-07-14
NEW HEAT WAVE
HEADS EASTWARD
Cool Days May End After
MidWeek-AII- High
Hits Oregon.

While Washington enjoyed a def
mite break in the heat wave last night,
with prospects of several days of COM
Portable weather new heat wave of
record proportions was building up
along the Pacific Coast.
The minimum temperature during
the night here was expected to be be-
tween 66 and 6S degrees, with a max
imum today Of about IS or 86 de-
grees. Decreasing humidity was ex-
pected to contribute even further to
the comfort of District residents after
days of sweltering weather.
Although slight rise in tempera-
ture is due to begin tomorrow 1t was
anticipated at the Weather Bureau
that Washington weather, until We'd
nesday. will continue comfortable, -
with the nights rather pleasant" "
There is little prospect of tempera-
lures above 80 degrees during the first
half Of the week.
Heat PrOstrates Far West.
The heat wave which now is sweep
ing into the Far West, however, over
shadoWed all interest at the Weather
Bureau IN the developments here
For the first time in the memory OF
present Weather Bureau officials the
reports from the Pacific Coast last
night showed temperatures of above
100 degrees along the entire length of
the United States West Coast, with
an all-time record high Of lO4 degrees
in Portland. Greg, and 80 degrees in
Fairbanks. Alaska.
The above 100" temperature line
last evening extended from Mexico
across the United States and far into
Canada, while the hot weather was
spreading into Montana and Alberta,
Canada. which reported temperatures
OF above 80 degrees. Just how much
of the new record heat wave will reach
the East, however, is still problem
atical
Freak conditions accompanied the
heat wave especially in California.
There airplane weather observers
found temperatures increasing with
altitude above the earth, instead OF
decreasing, Above Sunnyvale, Calf
the temperature at 400 meters alti-
tude was 81 degrees. but at 900 meters
it had increased to "a degrees, and
freezing weather was not encountered
until the pilot had climbed 3 miles
Similar conditions were encountered
at San Diego and other points.
May Reach East Coast.
The hot weather which last night
was spilling over the Rocky Mountains
into Montana and Alberta is expected
to continue down over the Dakotas
into Iowa and Illinois and. unless
some change develops, may come far
ther East.
Last night found the remains OF
the Polar Pacific air mass which
brought relief to most of the United
States bringing freezing air at COM
paratively low attitudes. Airplane
observers climbed into freezing tenn
eratures at only 3,700 meters above
Detroit and $500 meters above To-
ronto last night.
Last nights O'Clock reports to the
Weather Bureau from its scattered
observers showed freakish conditions
attended the rains which accompanied
the cool wave along The Atlantic
Coast. While Washington had a
total of IS hundredths of and inch of
rain during the day. Baltimore had
only ? hundredths and Lynchburg,
Va, had 304 inches of rain Mere
than one inch of rain fell in Norfolk.
Richmond and at other points. At
o'clock yesterday morning / ain was
falling in only two places IN the
United States. according to the re-
ports. They were Richmond, Va. and
Port Arthur. Texas. The showers
which began in many places soon
afterward we're strangely scattered.
Washington yesterday had maxi
mum temperature of "a degrees. at
AIS pm. This was ~ degrees be-
low the years record, established
Friday afternoon.
The principal Washington hospi-
tails had no new heat cases to re-
port yesterday afternoon or last hight.