Evening star., 1901-07-29
FAIR TONIGHT.
Tuesday Partly Cloudy, Showers and
Cooler I'm Afternoon.

Cooler In Afternoon.
Forecast till s pm. Tuesday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, fair tonight, Tuesday partly cloudy.
showers and cooler in afternoon; light
southerly winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight, Tuesday part
ly cloudy, showers and cooler in afternoon
In northern portion; light southerly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
After an unprecedented duration of forty
days the great drought and hot wave in
the corn belt has been broken by thunder
showers which were quite general, and IN
many places heavy. They were accom-
panied by decided falls in temperature, and
the appearance OF cool wave in the north
west this morning indicates that further
fall may be expected tonight and Tuesday
In the states of the central west. In addi-
ton to the rains in the corn belt there were
others In the northern tier Of states from
New England to the Dakotas, and also In
portions of the west gulf states.
There will be showers tonight and Tues
day in the Ohio valley, lower lake region
and the northern portion of the middle At
lantic states and showers Tuesday in the
southern portion Of the middle Atlantic
states, eastern Florida and the greater por-
tion of the gulf states.
Temperatures will be generally lower ex-
cept in the south Atlantic states
On the middle and south Atlantic coasts
the winds will be light to fresh south to
to east, and on the lower lakes variable and
fresh, though mostly south to west.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh westerly winds
and showers to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
1nches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Alpena, 1.o4; Scranton,
1.76; Boston, 1.SO; Northfield, 1.94; Keokuk,
i.9O; Moorhead, Ito; Chicago, 1.O4; Du-
buque, 1.66; Flagstaff, LOO.
During the twenty-four hours ending 8
An I'M Sunday: Marquette. LA; Houghton.
LOG: Sault Sainte Marie, 252; Bridgetown.
Barbardoes, 1.50; Cheneyville, La, 2.04;
West Point, Ca, LA.
Records for Twenty-F0ur Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm Yesterday:
50; p midnight. So: july q, i am. 70: 8
| am, 50; IL noon, 90; 2 pm, o.
Maximum, o. at pm, July %; mini
mum, u, at am, July ..
Barometer-July o. pm. 1896; 8 pm.
1880; IL midnight, 1898; July 20, am,
29.91; am, 29.91; noon, 1895; pm.
29.9O.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
am: Great Falls-Temperature 80; con-
dition, 81. Receiving acknowledgements
ture, 80; condition at north connection, II;
condition at south connection, 6. Distrib-
utlHS eSeTVolr-1emperature, %; condition
at in1uent gate house, H. effluent gate
house, TO-
Up-RfveB Water.
Both rivers at Harper's Ferry reported
cloudy today by the Baltimore and Ohio
agent at that point.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1925 am. and .O6 D. m. !;
high tide, 6:22 am. and 6:5S pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, Liza am. and 1:SO
p. M; high tide, 7:12 am and TAO pm.
The Sum and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 4:56 am; sun sets, 7:17
pm.
Moon sets 4:0S am. tomorrow
romorrow-Sun rises 4:58 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps ALL
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset: ex-
tdnguishing begun one hour Before sunrise.
All arc and tncandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguishcd
forty-five minutes before sunrise.