Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-11
FAIR TONIGHT.
Pleasant Weather, With Light North
eFlY Winds TOmOrrOyy.

Pleasant Weather, With Light North
efly Winds Tomorrow.
Forecast till 8 pm. Tuesday.-For the
District of Columbia, eastern New York,
eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia, fair tonight and Tuesday; light
northerly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
An area of high pressure covers the central
valleys and lake regions. A slight depres-
sion is central on the North Carolina coast.
and a trough Of low pressure extends from
North Dakota to Arizona.
The weather is cloudy and threatening in
the southwest where few scattered show
ers have fallen. On the Atlantic coast there
has been rain from southern New England
to Georgia, and 1t remains cloudy in the
middle Atlantic states and southern New
England. The skies are nearly clear in the
lake regions, the upper Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys and in the south Atlantic and
east gulf states.
For the "a hours ending am Sunday
light showers were reported in the Ohio
valley, Tennessee and the middle Atlantic
states.
The temperature has risen in the Missouri
valley and on the northern slope.
There Is possibility of showers this aft
ernoon near the coast from Caps Cod to
Cape Hatteras. followed by fair weather to-
night and Tuesday through the Atlantic
coast districts, lower lake region, Ohio val
ley and east gulf states. Threatening
weather and local showers are indicated for
the west gulf states and southern slope,
with higher temperature Tuesday.
The highest river stage of record has been
reached at Memphis, 1913 feet on the gauge.
The rise of the past "a hours was Oh foot,
the same as for the preceding "a hours.
The stage at Helena, Ark, is 469 feet and
at Memphis $50 feet, and the river is still
rising at about half a foot per day.
t&orc No fAl14 oI,o
ers lin feet and tenths) have occurred:
Risen-Memphis, OIL; Vicksburg, o.; Hell
ena, Ark. O6. Fallen-Cairo, O.8. Above
the danger line and rising-Memphis 4.3;
the danger line and falling-Cairo, 81.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
am: Great Falls. temperature. 81; condi-
ton, q; receiving reservoir temperature,
81; condition at north connection. SO; condi-
ton at south connection. SO: distributing
reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 4:46 am. and 5:35 pm /:
high tide, los am. and 11:35 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 5:55 am. and ga
pm; high tide. 1908 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises. $40 am; sun sets, 6:S4
pm.
Moon rises 1892 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 5:27 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 7:42 p.m.; extin-
gushing begun e 4:35 am The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 7:27 pm; extin-
guished at 4:5O am.
Records for TWe1ty-Eour Hours.
The following were the readings of the
Thermometer at the weather bureau for the
twenty-four hours beginning at pm. yes
terday:
April 104 PM. 81; pm. &c; mid
night, 4S.
April ia am. 4e: Sam. 40; noon. So;
2 pm, 4S.
Maximum. 81, at pm. April 10: mini
mum, ~ at 4 am. April IL.
The following were the readings Of the
barometer at the weather bureau for the
past twenty-four hours. beginning at 2
pm. yesterday:
April 1O-4 pm, 5000: pm. 5000: mid
night, 3OO8.
April ia am. 5000; 8 am. 1910; noon.
30.0S; 2 PM, eO.O6