Evening star., 1901-07-11
CLOUDY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
Moderately Warm. Easterly Winds,
RecOminX variable.

Moderately Warm. Easter1y Winds,
Becoming Variable.
Forecast till pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
partly cloudy tonight and Friday; mod
erately warm; easterly winds, becoming
variable.
For Virginia, partly cloudy tonight and
Friday; warmer Friday in southern portion;
variable winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The western hot wave continued during
Wednesday and extended eastward through
the Ohio valley In northern Illinois and
eastern Iowa all previous weather bureau
records were equaled or exceeded, Chicago
reporting maximum temperature of 1O2
degrees, and Dubuque and Davenport 1O4
degrees. In the east the temperature re-
manned moderate.
There were showers In the lake region,
along the south Atlantic and gulf coasts
and in portions of the extreme west and
northwest.
The weather will be partly cloudy tonight
and Friday from the lower lake region
southwark to the gulf, with showers this
afternoon or this evening in the northern
portion of the middle Atlantic states.
Temperatures will continue moderate ex-
cept in the Ohio valley, where they will be
high.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be light east to north On the Virginia
and North Carolina coasts brisk northeast
eIly WlHuS Will SLOWLY ulmlnlSn tonight.
On the south Atlantic and gulf coasts they
Will be light ard mostly northerly. On the
lower lakes they will be fresh northeast
erly.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have light to fresh south to
southwest winds and fair weather to the
Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: San Antonio, 1.42; Ed
monton, LAG; Cuero, Tex, 2O4; Gainesville
Fla, 1.94.
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: July 10 pm, So: 8 o. m, ,
70; II midnight, II. July IL am, CO. s
am, rs; II noon, 81; pm, S4.
Maximum, So, at pm July 10; mini
mum, GS, at 8 am. July H.
Barometer July 10 pm, 2997; pm,
S.95; II midnight, 29.95 July III am
1898; am, 1898; noon, 29.S9 2 p.m
1856
Downtown Tempe rature
Affleck's standard thermometer registered
today as follows: am, S11a; II m, 81; 2
pm, 90.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 81; condi-
ton, 10; receiving reservoir, temperature
S'; condition at north connection, 3; condi-
ton at south connection, 3; distributing res
ervoir temperature, "a; condition at infu-
ent gate house, 8; effiuent gate house TO-
Up-River Water.
The Baltimore and Ohio agent reports
both rivers muddy at Harper's Ferry today
Tide Table.
Today-LoW tide, 322 am. and 3:45 p m.
high tide, 1907 a. and 1914 pm.
IOmOrrOW-LOW tide, 4.24 am. and 4:52
pm; high tide, 11:05 am. and 11:14 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 4:41 am; sun sets, 7:3O
pm.
Moon rises, :2S a. m tomorrow.
TomorroW-Sun rises, 4:41 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.