Evening star., 1901-05-31
OCCASIONAL RAINS.
Cloudy, Unsettled Weather Tonight
and Saturday.

Forecast till pm. Saturday.
For the District of Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia, cloudy, unsettled weather to-
night and Saturday with occasional rains;
variable winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast: ::
disturbance of slight energy developed
Thursday night in Virginia and caused
rain in that state, Maryland, the District
of Columbia, New Jersey and eastern Penn
sylvania.
Heavy rains have occurred elsewhere, es-
pecially in the east Gulf states and lower
Mississippi valley, nearly four inches haV-
ing fallen in the last twelve hours at
Vicksburg, Miss. Light rains have fellen in
Wisconsin, portions of the Ohio valley and
in Oklahama and northern Texas.
The temperature has not changed materi-
ally.
Cloudy, unsettled weather will continue
generally east of the Appalachans and IN
the lower lake region There will also be
showers tonight in the Ohio valley, the
lower Mississippi valley, and the east Gulf
states. clearing in those districts Satur-
day. The temperature changes Will be
small and generally unimportant.
The winds on the Atlantic coast will be
mostly fresh sOutherly. On the lower lakes
fresh southwesterly winds will prevail,
probably shifting to westerly on Lake Erie
Saturday.
Steamers which depart today for Eu-
ropean ports will have fresh easterly winds,
rain and fog to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours:
Meridian. 1.s6; Vicksburg, $40; Shreve-
port, LOG; Atlanta. 1.72; Montgomery, 2.20;
Palestine. LOG; Athens, Ga, 1.90; Henri
eta, Tex. 3S4: Longview, Tex, go;
Sherman, Tex, Lie; Livingston. Ala, 1.s4;
Thomasvile. Ala, eco; Newman, Ga, 1.64;
Marion, Ala, go: Union Springs Ala
40; Jackson, Miss, IT,
Record. for TSventy-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: May 80 pm, 20; pm.
Ga, IL midnight, 81. May 31-4 am, 80; s
m, 55; - noon, GA; pm, G7. Maximum
TO- at pm, May 80; minimum, "a, at -
midnight. May 30
Barometer: May 90 pm. %. Sc; pm.
29.s4; IL midnight. 29.s6 May al am
.s3; m, 29.7s; noon, %. .7s; pm, %. 76
Downtown Temperature.
Affleck's standard thermometer registered
today as follows: am. Is; IL m, ~; 2
pm, I6
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, g.; con-
dition, l: receiving reservoir, temperature
Ga. condition at north connection, l: con-
dition at south connection, 3: distributing
reservoir, temperature, 81; condition at in
fluent gate house, 3; effiuent gate house g.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 1852 am. and :2S p.
m; high tide $50 am. and 7.22 pm.
Tomorrow-LOw tide, 80 am. and 2:O7
pm; high tide, 7:2S am. and 500 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 4:34 am; sun SETS
7:21 pm.
Moon sets, 400 a. IN. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:34 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.