Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-21
RAIN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
Fresh to Brisk Easteriy Winds In
dicated.
lst till pm. Wednesday:


For the District of Columbia, Delaware
Maryland and Virginia. continued cloudy
weather, with rain tonight and Wednes-
day: fresh to brisk easterly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
Cloudy and rainy weather has prevailed
east of the Mississippi with temperatures
below the seasonal average. Showers have
occurred in the extreme northwest, and in
the upper lake region; elsewhere fair
weather has prevailed. storm of consid-
cradle extent has moved from the Texas
coast to central Alabama during the last
twenty-fOur hours.
The weather will continue cloudy and I'M
settled with rain in the upper Ohio valley
and thence northeastward to New England.
There will also be rain in the middle and
south Atlantic states tonight, probably
clearing Wednesday. The temperature will
rise in the southwest and lower Mississippi
valley and fall slightly elsewhere.
The winds on the middle and south At
lantic coasts Will be brisk east to southeast.
On the New England coast light variable
winds will become brisk uortheasterly We'd
nesday. The winds on the lower lakes Will
be brisk to high northeasteriy tonight.
Storm warnings are displayed ON the
Steamers which depart today for Eu-
ropean ports will have Increasing east to
northeast winds, cloudy and unsettled
weather to the Grand Banks.
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-fOur hours:
Knoxville, LA; Atlanta, 1872; Montgom-
cry, 1876: Key West, 154; Chattanooga,
ITS: CONGRATULATIONS. 220; Cambridge,
1.92; Gainesville, 1.5G; Griffin, 2.2O: New
man. 3.5s: Toccoa, 1.9S; West Point, 80.
South Caroiina.-AHendale, 1.54; Green
wood, 200: Columbia, 3.62; Greenvile, los:
Spartanburg. 1.54 Acknowledgment
10: Fort Deposit, pa Opelika. 2O4; Union
Springs, 80 Missssipp.-Jackson, 1.56.
Records for Twenfy-FOur Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-May2 20. pm, GO; pm.
60; u midnight 81. May u, am, So; s
am, 80; - noon, 81; pm, g.
Maximum, Ga, at ? pm, May 81; mini
| mum. 3d. at pm, May II.
Barometer-May 20, pm, $685. pm.
3O.o5; u midnight, 5000 May u, 4 am.
1906: am, 300; noon, 1905; pm.
| 1901
Downtown Temperature.
Af1ecks standard thermometer registered
| today as follows: am, 81; u m, IA;
| pm, 15
| Condition of the Water.
| Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, 66; con-
| dition, 81; receiving reservoir, temperature
| &c; condition at north connection, 20: con-
| dition at south connection, IA; diStribu ting
| reservoir, temperature. 81; condition at in
| fluent gate house, II; eff1uent gate house, 8
| Tide Table.
| Today-Low tide. 4:10 am. and 4:56 p. m.
| high tide 1O:17 an and 1914 pm.
| Tomorrow-Low tide, ST.; am. and 5:5;
| pm; high tide, 11:i0 a. m. and 40 pm.
The sun and Moon.
| Today-Sun rises, 4:4O m; sun sets IL;
pm.
| Moon sets, 1910 p m.
| Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:39 am.
| The City Lights.
| The city lights and naphtha lamps al
| lighted by thirty minutes after sunset ex
| tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All are and incandescent lamps lighted fit
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguisheC
| forty-five minutes before sunrise.