Evening star., 1900-09-21
COOLER TONIGHT.
Not So Warm Saturdny-Light South
to West Winds.

Not So Warm Saturday-LfEht south
to West Winds.
Forecast till pm. Saturday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia Delaware, Maryland ana
Virginia, fair. cooler tonight and Saturday;
light south to west winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The disturbance which was central Ihurs-
day morning over Lake Superior turned TO
the eastward and Is central this morning
over Ontario, with decreased intensity. II
has caused extension OF the rains
through New England and the middle At
lantic states and their continuance In the
lake region and the Ohio valley. There
were also showers and heavy thunder
storms in the west gulf states and the
southwest. At Fort Worth Tex, over
inches of rain fell in sixteen hours.
Temperatures have risen in the Atlantic
states and the extreme northwest and fallen
elsewhere The changes, however, have
not been marked.
A low area, apparently OF the winter type.
is central this morning in southwest Ari-
zona. 1t will most probably move east
ward, causing general rains tonight and
Saturday throughout the southwestern
states and lower Mis- sissippi valley. There
will also be showers in the south Atlantic
and east gulf states. In the middle Atlantic
states, New England the lower lake re-
gion and Ohio valley the weather will be
fair and somewhat cooler, preceded by rain
tonight in the northern portion of New
England.
On the New England ana mlddle Atdnuc
coast the winds will be fresh southwest to
northwest. On the south Atlantic coast
they will be variable. On the lower lakes
they will be fresh south to west. On the
upper lakes varia BILE.
The following heavy pTecipita ton (in
inches) has been reported during the past
twentyfour hours: Shreveport. 1.54; Vicks
burg, 1.aG; Oklahoma, 1.22; Fort Worth,
1.e4; Prescott, Ark, POI; Texarkana, Ark,
4-30: Warren. Ark, 2.S2: Batesville, Miss,
2.GS; DyersburX. Tenn. IA; Sherman, Tex,
31G; Weatherford, Tex, $40.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the Thermometer al d
barometer readings at the weather bureau
for the twenty-four hours beginning at
p m. yesterday:
Thermometer-septem 20. 4 pm. -; s
pm, 30; II midnight, 6s; 4 am. G1; am,
perature, 81, occurred at 80 pm, Sep
tember 2l minimum temperature, 66, oc-
CURED at g am. September II.
Barometer-Septembe 20. pm, 3O.14: 8
pm. 50. H. L. midnight. 30 III; 4 "A m, 30 0i
am, 30.lo; II noon, 10 Od; pm, 3o.0i.
Tod~y's Downtown Temperature.
Afleck's standard thermometer regis
tered as follows today: . am, "A; II noon
81; pm, IS.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
a m: Great Falie-TempeTatuT -: cOndi-
tcr 10. Da lecariia TeSei eiVoir-Temperature
-; condition at north connection :it;: condi
ton az south connection, "a. Distributing
reservo!r-Temperature ~: condition al in
fluent gatehou:e, 2e; condition eff1uent
gatehouse. ~.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 12:.27 am. and 12:!0
r. m.; high tide. 6:25 am. and God u. m.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1:i5 am. and 81
pm; high tide, I:l1 am and :35 D.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, j:46 am; sun SETS, $3.50
pm.
Moon rises, 4: Al a m. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:4I am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sun. et; ex-
tnguishinR begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandeccent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extingushed
forty-five minutes before sunrise