Evening star., 1901-08-30
FAIR WEATHER.
That Is Predicted for Tonight and
Tomorrow.

That Is Predicted for Tonight and
Tomorrow.
Forecast till p.m Saturday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, fair tonight and Saturday; light east
to south winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight and Saturday;
warmer tonight in western portion; light
east to southeast winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
There have been showers in the south At
lantic states, and thunder storms in the
lake region and in scattered localities in the
west; elsewhere the weather has been fair.
1t Is considerably cooler in the upper
lake region. the upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys, and somewhat
warmer in the Atlantic states and the
northwest.
There will be showers tonight over the
greater portion of the lake region, north
ern and western New England, interior
New York, northern and western Pennsyl-
yania and eastern Florida, and showers
Saturday in New England, northern New
York and along the south Atlantic coast.
1t will be cooler tonight Saturday in
the Ohio valley, the lower lake region, in
terror New York and northern and western
New England.
On the New England coast the winds
will be light to fresh southwest to west;
on the middle Atlantic coast light and
variable; on the south Atlantic coast light
and variable. and on the lower lakes fresh
west to northwest
Steamers which depart today for. Euro
pean ports will have light to fresh south
westerly winds and partly cloudy weather
to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
lnches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Augusta, 1872; Bates
burg, S. G.. 1.52; Greenwood, S. c., 2.14;
Jupiter, 212.
60
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-fOur hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-August 20. 4 pm, SO:. =
p.m.. 20; II midnight, 63. August 80, am,
tmum, 50. at pm, August 30; minimum,
SO, at $50 am, August 80.
Barometer-August %, pm, 3O.1O: 8
pm. 30.Os; II midnight, 3O.OS. August 30.
pm, 1880.
Up-River Water.
The Baltimore and Ohio agent at Har-
pers Ferry reports the Potomac river
muddy and Shenandoah river cloudy at that
point this afternoon.
Mercury Registers 80.
The temperature registered today by
House & Herrmann's standard thermom-
eter was as follows: 8 am, 76; II noon,
OF, pIu, 90
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, rs; condi-
ton 13; receiving reservoir, temperature,
70; condition at north connection, 4; con-
dition at south connection, 6; distributing
reservoir. temperature, 70; condition at in
fluent gate house, 8.
Tide Table.
TOday-Low tide, 2:14 am and 2:37 p. m. /;
high tide, STA am. and S:37 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 3:O1 am. and 3:1S
pm; high tide, S:57 am. and 9:27 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:25 am; sun sets, 6:36
pm.
Moon rises CAT pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:23 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.