Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-20
CLOUDY AND WARMER.
Weather Indications for Tonight and
Friday.

Friday.
Forecast till pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Fri
day; fresh easterly winds.
For Virginia, partly cloudy and warmer
tonight and Friday, with rain on the south
east coast; brisk easterly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The south Atlantic disturbance has remain
ed nearly stationary off the North Carolina
coast, and rain has continued over the
eastern part of the Carolinas. The Rocky
mountain storm has moved eastward and
this morning presents trough of low ba-
rometer extending from Minnesota to Texas.
The advance of this storm has been attend
ed by showers and thunderstorms in the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val
legs and Oklahoma, and by snow in the up
per Missouri valley.
Freezing temperatures and frosts are re-
ported this morning as far south as central
New Mexico
During the next thirty-six hours showers
are likely to occur in the middle and west
gulf states, the Ohio valley and the lower
lake region.
A decided fall in temperature will occur
in the west gulf states, and conditions will
favor frosts in northern Texas and Okla
hOma tonight.
Atlantic coast districts, and on the Virginia
and North Carolina coasts the winds are
likely to be strong.
The lower Mississippi river has fallen
rapidly at Memphis, where it is Il foot be-
low the danger line, has remained station
airy at Nicksburg. where it is % feet above
the danger line, and has fallen slightly at
New Orleans where. il is OS foot above the
danger line. The outlook is that the lower
Mississippi will fall slowly at Vicksburg,
and begin to fall at New Orleans about
Sunday.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Hatteras, 10; Kansas
City, 1.02.
The display of wind signals on the Great
Lakes Will not be resumed until the break
ing up of ice opens navigation. This may
not occur before April %.
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:
Thermometer, April 10, pm, u; 8 p.m
e.: II midnight So
April 20, am, 46; am, 80; u noon
66; pm. g.
Maximum. y, at pm, April 10; mini
mum, IS, at I am, April 20
Barometer, April 10, pm, 30.04; 8 PM
1907; Il midnight, 30.1o.
April 90 ain, L.; a. m, 30.1S: noon
oO.16; pm, 3U.1
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi-
ton, 80; receiving reservoir temperature,
%; condition at north connection, SO; con-
dition at south connection, 80; distributing
reservoir, temperature. ST. condition at in.
fluent gate house, So; effiuent gate house. 80
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1924 am and 1O:51
pm; high tide, 3:43 a. and 1853 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. 30 a. m and IL 80
pm; high tide, 4:33 am. and 4:45 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:15 am. sun sets 6:43
pm.
Moon sets 2:50 a. m. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises, STA am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 1850 PM: extin-
gushing begun at 4:22 am. The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 7;35 pm: extin-
guished at 4:37 am.