Evening star., 1901-09-12
RAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

Cooler, Friday, Fresh, Possibly Brisk
Winds, Mostly Southerly.
Forecast till 8 pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict Of Columbia, eastern New York, east
ern Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Delaware.
Maryland and Virginia, rain tonight and
Friday; cooler Friday; fresh. possibly brisk
winds. mostly southerly.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Unsettled conditions continue from the
Mississippi valley eastward.
The western storm has extended rapidly
eastward and there has been a marked fall
In pressure to the Atlantic coast, with the
lake region as the principal region OF dis
turbanco
Rains have been general from the slope
region eastward, except In the south Attain
tic states, and were heavy in portions OF
the middle west. There were also some
light rains In the extreme northwest and In
the north Pacific states. i
Temperatures have generally risen east
of the Mississippi river and fallen westward
to the Rocky mountains. West OF the
mountains they are considerably higher.
Light frosts occurred in western South Da-
kota and southwestern Montana.
tropical disturbance of considerable en-
ergy Is moving northwest from. the Wind
morning northwest OF Porto Rico. Warm
ings regarding this disturbance were issued
Wednesday morning.
There will be rain tonight and Friday in
New England, the middle and south Allan
tic and east gulf states, and rain tonight in
the eastern lower lake region and the upper
Ohio valley.
1t will be cooler tonight in the Ohio and
lower Mississippi valleys and cooler Friday
In the middle and south Atlantic states.
On the New England coast the winds will
be fresh and mostly southerly, possibly in
creasing Thursday night: on the middle At
lant1c coast fresh to brisk south to west. on
the south Atlantic coast fresh and mostly
southerly, on the east gulf coast light
southerly. becoming variable, and on the
lower lakes fresh to brisk south to west
storm warnings are displayed on western
Lake Erie
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh winds, mostly
southerly, with rain, to the Grand Banks.
ihe following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
.tWenty-four hours: Grand Haven, I1O;
Louisville, 1.3O; Cairo, Los; Chicago. LOG;
Palestine, 1.36: ST. Paul, La Huron, LA;
phiadeiphia, 1.O4; San Juan, 21S; st. Kits,
364; Longview, Tex, 1.S2; Prescott, Ark,
201.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty -four hours beginning
at p.m yesterday:
ermometer-September II, pm. 81;
Z,
4 am, Il; 8 am. "a: IL noon, So; pm, 81
Maximum, 81, at 4 pm. September II;
minimum, 60, at am, September T.
Barometer-September II. pm, 1884:
pm, 29s4; II midnight 1885. September
II am, 29.S1; am, %. IS; 12 noon, - q:
pm, 2965.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by
House & Herrmann's standard thermome-
ter was as follows: am, so; II noon. S4 !;
pm, 49,
Up-River Water.
The Baltimore and Ohio agent at Har-
pers Ferry this morning reported the Shen-
andoah river clear and the Potomac river
cloudy.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperatur IS; condi-
ton, l3: receiving reservoir, temperature
10; condition at north connection, 6; cOndi-
ton at south connection, A; distributing
reservoir, temperature, IS; condition at in.
fluent gate house. 5.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1877 am and 1:5G pm. !;
high tide, 1886 a. m. and SEQ pm
Tcmorrow-Low tide, 2:22 am. and 2:37
p. M; high tide, 500 am. and $40 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:37 am; sun sets, GIG
pm.
Moon sets, 5:51 pm. new moon at 4:1S
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:3S am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tfnguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.