Evening star., 1899-04-05
FAIR TONIGHT.
Warmer Thursday. With Rain Prob
ably by Night.

Warmer Thursday. With Rain PrOD-
ably by Night.
Forecast till pm. Thursday.-For the
District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, fair tonight. Thursday warmer, with
increasing cloudiness and probably rain by
Thursday night fresh northerly, shifting
to easterly, winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The storm which occU pied the south At
lantic coast Tuesday morning has passed
eastward over the ocean. A disturbance
has developed over the Rocky mountain
regions, and Is central this morning over
southern Colorado.
An al ca of cloudness and rain covers the
country generally between the Mississippi
valley and the Rocky mountains. and rain
has been followed by clearing weather In
the Atlantic coast states from Virginia
southwark.
AS indicated by the reports Of Tuesday
morning, frost occurred Tuesday night in
the Atlantic coast states from northern
Georgia over the CarolnaS and southern
Virginia.
The temperature continues below the sea-
Sonal average generally throughout the
United States, except over the eastern
Dakotas, western Minnesota and parts Of
southern California.
The Ohio river continues to fall slowly.
The Nississippf river is falling slowly at
Memphis and has risen slightly at Vicks-
burg and New Orleans. At New Orleans
the danger line 100 feet. was reached this
| morning, and it is probable that the river
at that point viii reach a stage of about
1G.I feet or o.o foot above the danger line
by Saturday.
Indications are that the western rain
area will overspread the states of the Mis-
sissippi and lower Ohio valley and the
east gulf states tonight and reach the
western parts of the Atlantic coast states
Thursday. The weather will moderate in
the central valleys tonight and in the At
laRtic coast states Thursday.
Along the Atlantic coast fresh northerly
winds will prevail today, shifting tonight
to fresh easterly on the south Atlantic
ly on the middle Atlantic and New England
coast.
Records for Twenty-FOur Hours.
The following We're the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer. April 1, I pm 46; s pn
A.: II midnight. 80.
April ; 4 am, 30; S am, SO; II noon, 4G;
pm. ~.
Maximum. 20. at pm. April ): mini
mum, 81, at am. April i.
Barometer. April A. pm, 1900; PM
30.10; II midnight, 3O.14.
April =, 1 a m. 30.1S; am. 1927: noon
80 IS; pm, 1924.
Condition of the Water.
temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls, temperature, 43: condi-
ton, 81; receiving reservoir. temperature
10; condition at nGth connection 26; con-
dition at south connection, I; distributing
reservoir, temperature. 10: condition at in
fluent gate house, 4; effluent, >.
Tide Table.
Today-I.ow tide. 9::IJ am. and 10: 80 D. m
high tide. $40 am. and 3:43 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 10:5S a. m. and II %
pm; high tide, AIT m. and Lao pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:3S am. sun sets. Cos
| p m.
Moon rises. 3:16 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:3G am
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by T:36 pm; ex-
tinguishing begun at 4:A am. The lighting
| is begun one hour before the time named
Arc lamps lighted at .I:21 pm; extin-
guiShed at so an.