Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-17
COOLER TONIGHT.

COOLER TONIGHT.
Fair and Cool Tuesday and wednes-
day-Special Bulletin.
Forecast till p.m Tuesday-For the
District Of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land. fair. cooler tonight; fair and cool
Tuesday and Wedne sday; fresh west to
north WINDS.
For Virginia, fair, cooler tonight, proba-
bly, light frost in the great valley of Vir-
ginia; fair, continued cool Tuesday and
Wednesday; fresh west to north winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Storm conditions are rapidly disappearing
out the Saint Lawrence valley. and the
western high area Is moving steadily east
ward, accompanied By clearing and decid-
edly cooler weather.
Frosts occurred generally Sunday night
In the Dakotas Minnesota, Wisconsin,
northern and central Illinois and the great
er portion of Iowa. Warnings for these
frosts were issued Sunday morning.
During Sunday and Sunday night there
| were rains from the lake region eastward
ftwenty-four hours ending I'm. Sunday
there were general rains in the middle and
south Atlantic states, New England and
the lake region, with some scattered show
ers I'm the west
The high area will continue It's eastward
movement, and cool and generally clear
weather may consequently De expected east
of the Mississippi river for the next three
days.
Frosts will occur tonight in the Ohio val
ley, West Virginia, the great valley OF viz
ginia, the mountain districts of Maryland,
the middle states and the interior of New
England
On the Atlantic coast the winds will be
fresh west to north
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Houghton, LAO; Mar
quette, 1.O1: Sydney, 1.O2; Nantucket. 16O.
During the twenty-four hours ending at
8 am. Sunday: Wilmington, IS: Raleigh,
202: Washington. 3 "a; Boston. 102; Phila-
delphia. 3.S6; New York, leg; Lynchburg,
275; Woodstock, Va, LIS; Goldsboro, N.
G.. 2.52; Batesburg, s. c., 2.O2; Blackville,
S. c., It's
Special bulletin.
The unseasonably low temperature an
nounced for the eastern part of the coun-
try in the general forecast of Saturday
morning will cover all districts east of the
Mississippi river during the next forty
eight hours.
Frost has occurred generally In the
northwestern states, and the first frost of
the season is indicated for tonight in the
states of the Ohio valley, the lake region.
western New England, the interior Of New
York and in the mountain districts of
Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Vir-
ginia.
The frost will not be sufficiently severe
to injure vegetation or crops. and the mini
mum temperature in the districts named
will not fall below forty degrees
WILLIS l.. MOORE,
Chief L. s. Weather Bureau.
Records for Tvcnty-Four Hours.
The following were the thermometer and
barometer readings at the weather bureau
for the twenty-fouc hours beginning at
pm. yesterday:
September 1G: THERMOMETERS pm. s6:
pm, %; II midnight, 90. Barometer-
pm, 1910: pm, 2o.1I; II midnight
20 81.
September II: Thermometers am. CT:
am. G.; noon 81; pm. 81. barometer
4 am, 1884; am, 29.SI; noon, 1888;
= pm. 1856
Maximum temperature, Sc, occurred at 4
pm. September IL.
Minimum temperature, GO, occurred az Z
In. September II.
TOday's Downtown Temperature.
Afflecks standard thermometer registered
as follows To-Day: 8 an, 30; Il m, a.;
pm, AZ.
Condition Of the Writer.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Fails. temperature, -: condi-
ton, =: Daleca~lia reservoir temperature,
-: condition at north connection, rs; con-
diton at south connection, 81; distributing
reservoir, temperature, rs; condition at in
fluent gate house, :6; condition at effiuent
gate house. 81
Ur-River Water.
The 3. and o. agent at Earper's Ferry
reports both rivers clear at that point to-
day.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 9:15 am. and 9:36 pm;
high tide, 2:22 m. and 3:01 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1918 am. and 1888
D m high tide, 3:2J a. N. and All pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Todly-Sun rises, 5:42 am; sun sets,
500 pm.
Moon rises. 1916 a m tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, CAB am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and Eaphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguiShed
forty-five minutes before sunrise.