Evening star., 1901-04-03
FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
Brisk to High Westerly Winds In
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dicRted.
Forecast till pm. Thursday-For the
District of Columbia and Delaware fair
tonight and Thursday; brisk to high west
erly winds tonight.
For Maryland, fair, colder tonight. Thurs
day, fair; brisk to high westerly winds to-
night.
For Virginia, fair tonight with frosts;
Thursday fair; brisk to high westerly
winds, diminishing Thursday morning.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The so Ithwestern storm, after dividing
into two sections during Tuesday, has
again united into a single storm of great
intensity, central this morning over the
District of Columbia. General rains and
SHOWS have consequently continued east Of
the Mississippi river except in northern
New England. The heavy rains have ex-
tended northward through the middle Allan
tic states, and there were also easterly gales
along the middle and south Atlantic coasts
The pressure is low over the northwest and
extreme west and rains and SHOWS still
continue over the northern and central dis
tricts west of the Rocky mountains.
Temperatures have risen considerably in
the Rocky mountain regions, and have gen.
orally, though not decidedly, fallen else
where, except in the southern portion Of
the gulf states, where it is considerably
colder.
west gulf states.
There will be rain or snow tonight in
New England and the northern portion Of
the middle Atlantic states, continuing
Thursday in northern and eastern New
England. There will also be snow tonight
over the lower lake region, except over the
extreme western portion. With these ex-
ceptions the weather will be fair tonight
and Thursday east of the Mississippi river.
There will be frost tonight In the Ohio val
ley, the east gulf, middle and south At
lantic states.
1t will be warmer tonight in the south
west, and warmer Thursday in the south
ern states and lower Ohio valley.
On the New England coast there will be
nOrtheasterly gales this afternoon and to-
night, shifting to northwesterly Thursday;
the middle Atlantic coast easterly gal es
will shift to northwesterly tonight; on the
south Atlantic coast the winds will shift
to fresh westerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Moorhead, n. c., to East
port.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have northwest gales
diminishing in force, with clearing weather
for the first three days out from New York
and Boston.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Pittsburg, LAO; Lynch
2.1S; Philadelphia, 90; Hatteras, 1.66; Nor
folk, 1.S2; Raleigh, 31S; Charlotte, 2G;
Augusta, 1.36; Macon, 244; Cape Henry,
1.s4 Harper's Ferry, 2.03
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--April 2, pm, A; 8 PM.
Al; ~ midnight, 80. April 3, am, AZ; 8
a M, 43; II noon, A. 2 pm, Al. Maximum
A, at pm. April 3; minimum 81. at am.
April 3.
Barometer-April 2. 4 pm, 1898; pm,
1892; IL midnight, 1912. April 3, am
20 3s; am, 29.1O: noon, 1926: pm, 9.26.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
m: Great Falls, temperature, 40; condi-
tiCn, 3; receiving reservoir, temperature
46; condition at north connection, II; con-
reservoir, temperature 4S; condition at in
fluent gate house, 2; eff1uent gate house. 2.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, l 30 am. and 2:22 p.m
high tide, 1852 am. and S:14 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 232 I'm. and 800
pm; high tide, $50 am. and s:4S pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun RISES 5:42 am; sun sets, 6:26
pm.
Full moon. 1857 pm. today.
TomOrrow-Sun rises, $40 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha 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.