Evening star., 1901-09-14
CLOUDY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

FroDabIy Showers Tomorrow, LfGht
"tnos' becoming NOrtheasterly.
Forecast TIL pm. Sunday-For the Dis-
trict or Columbia, eastern PENNSYLVANIA.
Maryland and Virginia. partly cloudy to-
night and Sunday, probably showers Sun
day; light winds. becoming northeasterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The West Indian storm is apparently CEN
tral this morning in the Caribbean sea.
Immediately south Of central Cuba Some
winds of hurricane force were recorded
Friday afternoon near the extreme SOUTH
eastern Cuban coast, while at Santiago
de Cuba maximum velocity of fifty-two
miles an hour from the southeast occurred
during Friday night, and S.24 inches of
rain fell during the past twenty-four hours.
Unsettled weather with marked low
pressure again prevails over the central
Valleys and the slope region. and showers
and thunder storms were quite general
except In the Ohio valley. There were also
showers throughout the south except On
the Atlantic coast, with very heavy rain
and extreme west the weather has been
generally fair.
Temperatures have fallen in the Atlantic
states and west of the Rocky mountains
and risen In the Interior. Light frosts oc-
CURED In western Wyoming and south
eastern Idaho.
The weather will be fair tonight and
Sunday In New England: fair tonight in
the middle Atlantic states and eastern
lower lake region, followed by threaten
ing weather apd probably showers Sunday.
There will be showers tonight and Sunday
In the western lower lake region, the Ohio
valley and the southern states.
1t will be warmer tonight in the upper
Ohio valley.
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coasts the winds will be light and mostly
northerly: on the south Atlantic coast va
riable, becoming northeasterly and fresh;
on the east gulf coast light to fresh ana
mostly southerly, and on the lower lakes
fresh southeast to south.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have light west to north
winds and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Montgomery, 120; Pal
estine 2.3s; Meridian, 1872: Memphis. 3.82:
Little Rock, 3.5i; Kingston, Jamaica, 28O:
Santiago de Cuba. s24: Brook Haven, Miss,
1.5oi Corsicana, Tex, 1.9S: Lake. Miss.
10; Forest City, Ark, 2.06; Newport. Ark,
EGO: Arlington. Tenn, $50: Dyersburs.
Tenn, 1.5O: Milan Tenn. 2.2O: Brownsville,
Tenn, 2.2O; Covington, KY, eco; Columbus
Ga, 224.
Records for Tyventy-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-Septemb 13, pm, II; 8
pm, 50; II midnight. ST. September IA, 4
am, 81; am, 65; II noon. n: pm, 60
Maximum. 50, at pm. September IA
Minimum. 50, at am, September IA.
Barometer-September 13, pm, %. so; 9
p.m.. 29S6; IL midnight, 29.93. September
Il. am, 1895; am, 1901; noon, 3OO2;
pm, 2998.
Up-Rfver Water.
Both rivers at Harper's Ferry were re-
ported clear by the Baltimore and Ohio
agent this afternoon at that point.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, 70; condi-
tion, 10; receiving reservoir, temperature,
75; condition at north connection, 8; con-
dition at south connection, 6; distributing
reservoir, temperature, 76; condition at in
fluent gate house, 8.
Today-Low tide. 3:04 am. and 3:15 pm.:
high tide, 900 a. m and 9:16 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 3:44 am and 8:62
pm. high tide, 9:35 am. and 9:M pm.
The SUN and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 5:39 AM; sun sets 6:l2
pm.
Moon sets $50 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises $40 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps an
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted al.
teen minutes after sunset and exxingufshed
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
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