Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-06
RAIN FOLLOWED BY FAIR.
Light to Fresh SOutheriy. Shifting Ia
Westerly Winds.

| Light to Fresh SOutherIy. Shifting to
Westerly Winds.
| Forecast till 8 pm. Wednesday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, rain, followed tonight and
| Wednesday by fair; light to fresh souther-
| ly, shifting to westerly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
| The storm which was central off Cape Cod
Monday morning has moved northeastward
over Nova Scotia, its passage being follow
ed by clearing weather and diminishing
northwesterly winds along the middle At
| lantic and New England coasts
Rain has fallen in a trough of low barom-
eter which extends from the lake regions
over the Ohio valley and the gulf states.
| The barometer is very low on the north
eastern Rocky mountain slope, and rain
has fallen in the north Pacific coast states.
The temperature is above the seasonal
average, except in New England, and in an
| area extending from the upper lake region
| over Kansas. In Montana and the western
Dakotas the temperature is 20 to 30 de-
greeS above the normal.
During the next twenty-foUr hours the
rain area will probably move eastward
over the Atlantic coast states and be fol-
lowed by clearing weather i'll those dis
tricts. Clearing and cooler weather is indi-
Gated for the Ohio and lower Mississippi
valleys and the lower lake region. During
Wednesday rain is likely 10 occur in the
east gulf and south Atlantic states, and
fair weather is indicated for the middle
and north Atlantic states.
Along the New England coast the winds
will be fresh to brisk from the south. shift
ing to southwestcrly. On the middle Allan
tic coast light to fresh southerly winds
will shift to westerly. On the south At
lantic coast the winds will be mostly light
from the east. 1
The following heavy precipitation Din
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Sydney, 2.36.
Records for Twenty-fOur Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
| ming at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: February 81 pm, ~; s
pm, SO; II midnight. 30. February 81
I'M, 81; am, "a; II noon, AZ; pm. 80.
Maximum, 50, at pm. February q: mini
| mum, %, at l am. February g.
Barometer: February "a pm, 3O.14; s
pm. 30.17; IL midnight. 3O16. February &
4 am. 1910; am, 30.O5; noon, 1902; =
pm, 29.99.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls, temperature, -; condi-
ton, =; receiving reservoir, temperature,
35; condition at north connection, .; con-
dition at south connection, -; distributing
reservoir temperature, So; condition at in
fluent gate house, %; efluent gate house 10.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, III am and sos pm;
high tide, 1881 am and lib pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, SIG a. m. and 9:OS
p. m; high tide, SO M. and 2:04 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises. 7:04 am; sun sets,
5:2i pm.
Moon sets, LBS am tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 1903 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:05 pm: ex-
tinguishing begun at 900 am. The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at $50 pm: extin-
guiShed at 1924 a.