Evening star., 1950-11-11
First Snow Noted
In Area, Freeze
Is Due Tonight
Flakes Melt Rapidly;
High Temperature Of
IS Expected Tomorrow

washington had its f1rSt snow
of the season today, and the
Weather Bureau said winter will
be further in evidence with a drop
to freezing tongiht.
The snow greeted early risers
and was in enough quantity to be
acknowledged officially by the
Weather Bureau, although 1t
melted as it fell.
The forecasters didn't expect
any further snow now, but they
were sure of a dip to 80 in the
city and "a in nearby areas to-
night.
Tomorrow to Be Fair.
Fair skies are predicted for to-
morrow. but nothing higher than
IS is expected to be registered on
the thermometer.
The mercury managed to keep
above the freezing level this morn
ing, when the low recorded at the
National Airport weather station
was 36 at 1902 o'clock. But it had
climbed only to Al at noon and
was not expected to go much
higher.
The chilly breezes brought out
overcoats and muf1ers, but did
not appear to cut into the size of
the Saturday downtown shopping
crowds.
Snow Falls Sporadically.
This mornings snow fell spo-
radically in scattered areas around
7 am. 1t was visible briefly on
the coats of pedestrians.
1t didn't cause any alarm on
the part of Traffic Director George
E. Keneipp. Mr.. Keneipp said he
has no plans to ask a revival Of
the so-called "snow-parking ban"
formerly imposed on some streets
during the winter.
The ban. which affected 80 miles
OF streets, was ended by the Com
missioners last January after be-
ing in effect only a few weeks.
Its purpose had been to ease snow
removal in case of major storms.
but the inconvenience outweighed
the bans value. officials said.
Below Zero in Minnesota.
The taste of winter here-which
some bureau experts called
"early"--is part of a cold wave
now covering almost the entire
country.
Below-zeTo temperatures were
reported today in the West. al
though nothing under the low 20s
was recorded east of the Appala-
chians. In Minnesota a reading
Of 6 below was listed.
The weather was reported mod
Grating, at least slightly, in Texas,
Oklahoma and Kansas, but no
relief was in sight for the
northern Middlewest generally in
e1iC I1CAI TO 1lOUIS.
Federal Forecaster H. S. Kenny
at Chicago said New England and
the North Atlantic Coast would
feel the chill of the eastward
moving cold wave today. Boston.
with a low of AZ degrees early
today, was only two degrees under
the New Orleans minimum. Sew
eral points in the Gulf Coast
region were expected to report
lows today near freezing or below.
Record Lows for Date.
Record low temperatures for the
date were reported in many COM
munities of the Midwest, Southern
Plains and Lower Mississippi VAL
ley. A few of the records were:
Madison, Wis, 10: Terre Haute,
Ind. %; Evansville, Ind, 81; Lit
tie Rock, Ark, 81; Fort Smith,
Ark, Is; Tulsa. Okla, IT; Tex
arkana. Tex, 81; Shreveport, La.
Is; Fort Worth, Tex, 81; Austin,
Tex, 26; San Antonio. Tex. 81:
Ell Paso, Tex, Is; Chicago. Is, and
Peoria, ILL.,. Is.
Mr.. Kenny said the highest
readings today generally would
not be above the normal mini
NUNS for the date.
The Southern Plains and the
far Southwest had clear skies but
snow f1urries were reported from
the Great Lakes region as far east
as Harrisburg, Pa, and more snow
was moving from Canada toward
Montana and the Western Da-
kotas.