Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-07
STORM ONLY HOPE
Weather Bureaus Prophecy Con-
corning Weather Conditions.
RELIEF DUE LATE This AFTERNOON
The Thermometric Readings of Yes
terday and Last Night.
THE HIGHS AND LOW S

The weather bureau prophesies relief from
the excessive heat; by this afternoon or to-
night Whether the respite will be tempo
rary or permanent depends upon conditions
not yet developed, and the effect of which
Is uncertain. The immediate prospect of
relief is an impending thunder storm, which
| is expected to break upon the community
| some time during the latter part of the
| day.
| Yesterday Washington was on the edge of
| a belt of high temperature, extending across
| the middle Atlantic states. New York was
] in the center, with temperature of %
I degrees, Philadelphia showed 96 and Wash
! ington &c. while further south and west
| the readings shaded down to 30 and lower
| 1t was not a record breaker for early
| June in Washington, however. In 1895 the
| Sd of June showed 3s, and in 1894 for ten
| days in June the temperature was above
| 90.
| In some respects yesterday was a remark
| able day in this city, and certainly it was
| most trying one. At O'Clock last even
| ing. when people We're beginning to expect
| a cooling off, the mercury stood at %.
The Midnight Hour.
| At midnight last night the thermometer
| called for IS degrees, but probably it would
| be difficult to convince the average citizen
that it SO low. Measured by the dis
| comfort of the night to the people in the
! city, it should have shown a higher read
| ing. The humidity in the atmosphere was
| responsible for the deceptive character of
| the temperature.
| At ) o'clock this morning the mercury.
starting at "a began to rise. 1t kept pace
with the sun. and at $50, when people were
moving about. the reading was 81. Within
| the next hour and a half it gained five
| points. and kept going. AT II O'Clock it was
| 81, which was one degree higher than at
| the same hour yesterday, with promise of
| thunder storm doesn't bowl along before
| o'clock.
| The cause OF the hot weather is the same
| old story. repeated svery summer-an area
| of low barometer in the northwest, whose
| progress is retarded by an area of high
| barometer in the southeast The presence
! Of the low causes hot winds to blow from
| the south, and the warm air of southern
| laJitudes drifts north ard. banking up
| against that Stationary high When the
! low moves eastward. slowly it projects an
| area of thunder storms eastwardly. and
| these have a cooling effect. After the low
| has passed volume of cooler atmosphere
| will follow in its walk, gradually over
| spreading this section.
| The question Of Importance to Washing
\ ton now is whether the low passes over
| rapidly and let's the cool air from the far
| northwest roll in behind 1t. Tomorrow will
| probably decide IT.
/ Seven Deaths new NOrk.
| NEW YORK. June THE thermometer
| was almost as high today yesterday,
| but the heat was tempered by a brisk
| northwest wind. At 10 am. the weather
| bureau said the temperature Sc de-
| grees. as against 81 at the same hour yes
| terday The velocity of the wind at that
| time was twelve miles hour.
| Seven deaths from the heat were reported
\ during the twenty-four hours ending at
| noon today.
| Heat Wave Visits London.
| LONDON. June IA heat wave similar
| TO the one which is now affecting New
York, prevails over Europe Here the con-
| tinuance of hot weather so early in June
almost breaks all records. The thermom-
eters in this city have been registering So
| in the shade at the hottest lime of the
| day for five DAYS past. aud there have been
| several deaths from the heat.
\ commercial Traveller committed suicide
yesterday, saying: II must get out of the
world. l will suffocate'