Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-22
CLOUDY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
Occasional Rains; Fresh to Brisk East
to SOuthe0at Winds.


Forecast till 8 pm Thursday: For the
District of Columbia and Maryland, cloudy
tonight and Thursday, with occasional
rains; fresh to brisk east to southeast
winds.
For Virginia, rain tonight. Thursday
fair in western. clearing in eastern por-
ton; brisk s ,utheastery winds, becoming
southwesterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The storm central Tuesday morning in
Tennessee and Kentucky has moved north
westward into Wisconsin and Minnesota,
leaving a. secondary depression over the
Carol1nas. The weather has continued
cloudy in the northeastern part of the
country, with rain in the south Atlantic
states, the Ohio valley, the lake region and
the east gulf states. The temperature has
risen from the Carolinas northward to the
lake region and New England and fallen in
the plateau region
Cloudy, unsettled weather will continue
In the lake region, the middle Atlantic
states and the northeastern portion of the
south Atlantic states. The weather in New
England will be fair tonight, with increas-
ing coudiness and probably rain Thursday;
elsewhere fair weather will prevail.
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coast the winds will be mostly fresh to
brisk southeasterly. On the south Atlantic
coast mostly west to southwest winds will
prevail. The winds on the lower lakes will
be fresh to brisk southeasterly.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh winds, mostly
easterly. and unsettled weather to the
Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Atlanta, LEO; Jupiter,
1.6O Havre. 1.O4; Parkersburg 100: Co.
lumbus, LIS; Charleston, 1.S4; Charlotte
2.5S Wilmington, 1.4 Augusta, lis; Sa-
vannah, $780, Raleigh, $50.
South Carolina-Allendale. 100: Bates
burg. 2;1O; Blackville, go: Columbia, 100;
Greenville, 1.ss; Spartanburg, 4.sO; ST. Mat
thew's, 2.l0; Cheraw 3.2; Florence, $50
Georgia-E,astman, 2.O4; Gainesville, 1.O4;
Griffin, los; Columbus 2s6; Newman, 1.5O
North Carolina-Gre ESQ; Lumber
ton, 4.12
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-May p. pm. 6s; pm,
So; II midnight, 81. May %, am, IS; s
am, SO; IL noon. 60; pm, 90. Maximum,
u, at l pm, May %; minimum. So, at 8
am, May %.
Barometer-May p, pm, 29.ee; pm,
1894; IL midnight, 1904. May %, am,
1891; 8 am, $3.50; noon, 1855; 2 p. M, %. So
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, &c; condi-
ton, 80; receiving reservoir, temperature
Go; condition at north connection "a; con-
dition at south connection 10; distributing
reservoir, temperature 60; condition at in
fluent gate house Is; effiuent gate house, IL
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, b:13 am. and $3.50 pm ;
high tide. 11:1O am and II AZ pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:18 am. and 6:52
pm; high tide, 1904 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises. 4:39 am; sun sets, TIA
pm.
| Moon SETS 10 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun RISES 4:39 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all