Evening star., 1898-09-12

increasing CioudineSs and Warmer |
by Wedne.duy

Forecast till pm. Tuesday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, fair and continued cool weather to-
night and Tuesday, Increasing cloudiness
and warmer Wednesday; light northerly
winds, becoming southeasterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The high pressure area, which has been
nearly stationary in the middle Missouri
valley since last Friday, has moved to On
tario.
The storm in the west gulf has moved
northward and Is central in southern Louis
lana, causing rains from the middle and
southern Rocky mountain regions to the
middle and lower Mississippi valley. Shreve-
port reports 4OS inches in twenty-four
hours.
The temperature has risen In the upper
Mississippi and upper Missouri valleys has
fallen in the Red River of the South valley,
and remained nearly stationary elsewhere.
Rain may be expected in the gulf states;
increasing cloudiness and rain Tuesday in
the Ohio valley and lower lake region and
south Atlantic states, and Tuesday night in
the middle Atlantic states.
For the twenty-four hours ending at s
am Sunday rain was reported from the
middle and southern Rocky mountain re-
glcns TO the middle and lower Mississippi
valley.
1t will be cooler Tuesday morning in the
north Atlantic states, and warmer in the
lower lake region, Ohio valley and middle
Atlantic states Tuesday afternoon or night.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
iEcEes) was reported:
During the twenty-four hours ending s
m. Sunday-Mobile, 2.3S; Little Rock, l.1O;
st. Pierre. Martinique LA: Beaumont
Tex, 10.
During the past twenty-four hours
Shreveport, 4.OS; North Platte, LII; Spring
field. Mo, 1.3S; Fort Smith. 2.5s; New Or
leans, 2.56; St Pierre Martinique, 162:
TeS1rSana Ark T,p0pyjnuv
Mansfield La, 230; Schriever, La, 2.o4;
Donaldsonville. La, Isl
Cuban Weather.
HAVANA, a.m.-Barometer 1892: tenn
perature, IS; winds south, light; partly
cloudy.
SANTIAGO, s a.m.-Barometer, 2sGo;
temperature. 20; winds, north, light, two
miles; weather clear.
Tide Table.
Today-I,ow tide, 1905 am, and ii 10 p.
m; high tide, 4:25 am. and pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 11:46 am. High
tide, SIP I'm. and 5:45 pm,
The sun and Moon.
Today-sun rises, 5:39 am; sun sets. 6:13
pm.
Moon rises, 800 a. m. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, $40 am.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
a m: Great Falls, temperature, f3; condl-
ton, SO; receiving reservoir, temperature,
16: condition a north connection, SO; condi-
ton at south connection, SO; distributing
reservoir temperature, T5: condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; effiuert gate house,
&C.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 1:S pm; ex-
tiuer1ishing begun al 4:4S Am. The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at 705 pm; extin-
guished at 503 am.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IL, 4 pm, Il;
s pm 81; II midnight, 40; September Il,
am 81: am, 80; II noon, 40: pm,
T3 MAXIMUM, 73, at pm. September To-
minimum, As, at l pm, September II.
Barometer-September IL, pm, 30-2S:
s pm. 1927; II midnight, 1927: September
II, a m. 1927; pm, 3031; noon, 3o.31;
2 PM, 1890.