Evening star., 1899-04-06
RAIN TONIGHT.
Warmer Weather, Fresh to Bri
EAster1y Winds.

Ensterly Winds.
Forecast till pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, rain late tonight and Friday; warmer
tonight; fresh to brisk easterly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The low barometer area which was CEN
tral over southern Colorado Wednesday
morning has been forced southeastward
over the Gulf of Mexico by an area of high
barometer which covers the middle Rocky
mountain region and the middle Missouri
valley. This morning a trough of relatively
low pressure covers the Mississippi valley
and the western lake region, and the ba-
rometer is low in the extreme northwest.
Rain has fallen in the states of the Mis-
.sissippi and lower Missouri valleys, and
thence over the gulf states. Rain is also
reported in the north Pacific coast districts.
The temperature continues below the sea-
sonal average except in the Lake Superior
region and in the north Pacific coast dis
tricts, but has risen generally east of the
Mississippi river.
The Ohio river continues to fall slowly
The Mississippi river is ID feet above the
danger line at Memphis and is falling slow
ly at that point. At Vicksburg the stage is
10 foot above the danger line, with a rise
of O.3 foot since Wednesday. At New Or
leans the river is 16.1 feet or o. foot, above
the danger line. The river at New Orleans
will reach a stage of about 165 during Sat
urday, and further slight rise will occur
during Sunday at that point.
The indications are that the western rain
area Will extend over the middle and south
Atlantic states tonight, and reach New
England during Friday, with a rise in tenn
perature of five to ten degrees throughout
the Atlantic coast states. In The Ohio val
ley and the gulf states rain will be followed
by clearing. colder weather
Frost is likely to occur tonight in central
and northern portions of the middle and
west gulf states.
Increasing and high easterly winds are
indicated for the middle and south Atlantic
coast. Along the New England coast north
easterly winds will increase in force by Fri
day.
Advisory messages, giving warning of in
creasing and probably high easterly winds
nave been sent to stations along the At
lantic coast from Virginia to Florida and
similar messages giving notice of high east
eriy, shifting TO nOrthwesterly winds, were
sent wednesday evening to points on the
middle and west gulf coast
The following heavy precipitation lin
fnches) has been reported during the
past twenty-four hours: Galveston, IJS;
Palestine, 1.2.
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 s. pm. -. 8 nm
46; II midnight. 81. April Ga am, 35; s
am, 50
Maximum 81 at pm. April 5; minimum.
80. at II pm. April ..
Barometer: April q pm. 80 26; 3 p.m.
30.3O; II midnight, 30.31 April 81 am.
3o.31; 8 am, 3o42.
(Weather bureau closed at noon)
Condition of the Water,
Temperature and condition of water at &
am: Great Falls, temperature, IS; condi-
ton. 81: receiving reservoir, temperature
46; condition at north connection 80; condi-
reservoir, temperature, 46; condition at in
fluent gate house, I; effiuent gate house, &.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1888 am and i1:25 D.
m; nigh tide. All I'm. and i:49 pm
TomorroW-Low tide, 1:5J am; high
tide, 5l9 am. and 5:4S pm.
The Sun and Noon.
Today-Sun rises, j:36 am: sun sets. 6:29
pm.
Moon rises, 3:47 am tomorrow.
Iomorrow-Sun rises, 5:35 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 1897 p.m.: extin-
gushing begun at 4:43 In The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 7:22 pm: extin-
guished at 4:5S am.
By the will of the late Edmund Gains
Wheeler, dated January 2 1888 and filed
today. the estate is equally divided between
his widow and children.