Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-19
COOLER TONIGHT.
Clearing Weather Indicated for Sun.
day; Fair Monday.

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Forecast till pm. Sunday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland
rain ard cooler tonight, clearing Sunday;
fair and cool Monday; winds shifting to
fresh norther,y.
For Virginia, rain and cooler tonight !;
Sunday fair in southwestern, clearing in
northern and eastern portion; fair and
cool Monday; fresh ives to north winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
A disturbance which was central Friday
morning in southern Missouri has moved
rapidly eastward to the District Of Column
bia with increased intensity, and has caused
a continuance of the rains in the interior
of the country and their extension to the
Atlantic coast; SEQ inches of rain fell at
Washington, d. c., in seven hours. In the
west and northwest there were also numer-
Gus showers
Temperatures are everywhere moderate
and are below the seasonal average east of
the Rocky mountains, except in the middle,
south Atlantic and gulf states.
The disturbance in the east will probably
move up the Atlantic coast, causing a con-
tinuance of the rain in the middle Atlantic
states and New England followed by clear
ing weather Sunday in the former district.
From the lower AXE region and Ohio valley
southWestward and in the south Atlantic
states the weather will be generally fair.
In the gulf states it will be partly cloudy,
with showers tonight over the southern
portion.
For Monday fair and cool weather is in
dictated for the east, and there are at pres
ent no indications of high temperature for
several days to come
On the New England coast the winds will
be fresh and mostly northerly. On the mid
die and south Atlantic coast they will be
fresh southerly, shifting to northwesterly.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Washington sol; Phil
Ferry. LIS; Washington. Ga. 200: Athens,
Ga, 1.ss: Blackville, S. c., 1874; Columbia.
S. C., 2.34; Hearne. Tex. PA.
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 p. IN. yesterday:
Thermometer: May 1874 pm. 70; IN,
70; - midnight. IS. May 1874 am, 50; s
a: m, 20; II noon, ~; 2 pm, 90. Maximum,
am, May 10. IN IT.
Barometer: May 1S-4 PM. %. 10; pm,
1857; II midnight, %. 90. May 1874 am,
$3.50; am. 29.45; noon, 2045; 2 pm,
29.47.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water May
10 at am: Great Falis-Temperature, 81;
condition. So Receiving Acknowledgements
lure, 20; condition at north connection, 36:
condition at south connection. 36. Dis
tribut1ng reservoir-Temperature 70; condl-
ton at infiuent gate house, SO: effiuent gate
house, 80.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 5:32 m. and 6:12 pm;
high tide. IL :26 am. and 11:7 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:29 am. and 7:O4
p. m: high tide. 1919 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 4:42 am; sun sets, TIL
pm.
Moon rises 11:33 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:41 am
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 7:4S pm; ex-
tinguishing begun at 3:51 am. The lighting
is begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 1913 pm; extin-
guished at 4:O6 am