Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
RAIN AND COLDER TONIGHT.
Sunday Fair; NOrtheasterIy Gales,
Shifting to NOrthwesterIy.


Shifting to NOrthwesterly.
Forecast till 8 pm. Sunday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
rain and colder tonight. Sunday fair:
northeasterly gales, shifting to northwest
erly tonight.
For Virginia, rain and colder tonight, eX-
cept fair in southwest portion. Sunday
fair; probably colder In southeast portion;
high shifting winds, becoming Northwestern
ly tonight
Weather conditions and general forecast
The southern storm has continued Its SLOW
northeaStward movement, and is central
this morning over southwestern Virginia
with some increase in intensity. 1t has
been attended by east to south gales over
the south Atlantic and Florida coasts, and
rain during the past twenty-four hours In
New England and the middle and south
Atlantic states, and snow and rain In the
upper Ohio valley and the eastern lower
lake region: elsewhere east Of the Rocky
mountains the weather has been generally
clear.
Temperatures have fallen decidedly in
the south Atlantic states and are degrees
to 1s degrees below the seasonal average
in this district and also in the Ohio valley
and the gulf states. In the west and north
east they have changed but little, the gen.
eral tendency being toward slow rise.
There will be rain tonight and Sunday in
New England and the middle states, and
rain or snow in the eastern lower lake
region. Rain tonight in the upper Ohio
valley and southern portion of the middle
Atlantic states will be followed by fair
weather Sunday.
1t will be colder tonight in Maryland,
Virginia and the Carolinas.
In the lower Ohio valley the south and
southwest the weather will be fair with
rising temperature.
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coast there will be northeasterly gales. On
south Atlantic the winds will he
northwesterly, high over the northern and
brisk over the southern portion. On the
lower lakes there will be northeast to
northwest gales.
The upper Ohio river Is rising about one
foot an hour, and warnings have been is
sued at Pittsburg for a thirty-foot stage
by Saturday night, or eight feet above the
danger line. Flood stages also indi-
Gated for points south as far as Parkers-
burg, or below during Sunday.
Storm warnings are displayed from Will
mington to Eastport and on Lakes Erie and
Ontario.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have northeasterly gales
and rain to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Tin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Pittsburg, 26O: Lynch
burg, 1.3S; Parkersburg, 2.1S; Charlotte,
2Os; Hatteras LOS: Erie, LA; Jupiter, 1.1s:
Taccoa, Ga, 1.66; st. Georges, S. c., 2.O4;
s &, matthew's D ~ |'''' 0a'eS'0Fs' o. -
The display of storm warnings on Lakes
Michigan, Huron and Pepin for the season
of 1901 was begun on Tuesday, the 10th in
slant. They will be resumed on Lakes
Erie and Ontario on April 20, and on Lake
Superior at the time Of the opening of the
locks at Sault Sainte Marie.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours begin
ming at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: April 19-Four pm, 81; s
pm, 4S; II midnight, 46.
April 20-Four am, As; s am, 81; IL
noon 81; pm, So.
mum, As, at 2 am. April 20.
Barometer: April 19-Four pm, 1901; 8
p.m 1884; IL midnight, 29.91.
April 20-Four am, 1918; am. &c;
noon, 1904; pm, 1870.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
ton, 8. Receiving reservoir, temperature,
81; condition at north connection, 2; condi-
| ton at south connection, 2. Distributing
reservoir, temperature. 81; condition at in
fluent gate house. 8; eff1uent gate house, 4.
Tide Tale.
Today-Low tide. 2:3s am and 1928 pm;
high tide, SAT am. and OLA pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1882 am. and 4:24
pm; high tide, 9:44 am. and 1907 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:15 am; sun sets, GAS
pm.
Moon sets, 9:13 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:14 am.