Evening star., 1902-02-26
WEATHER FORECAST.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Thursday;
Diminishing Winds.

Forecast till SPIN. Thursday-For the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Maryland, partly
cloudy, tonight and Thursday; diminishing
northwesterly winds, becoming variable
For Virginia, fair tonight, except rain on
the coast colder In southwest portion.
Thursday fair; fresh to brisk northwesterly
winds, diminishing.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The southwest storm that was central
Tuesday in the Carolinas has moved north
eastward, passing off the Virginia coast to
sea. 1t has been attended by high north
easterly winds on the New Jersey and
southern New England coasts and heavy
rains in Virginia. Maryland and New Jer-
sey. A second storm Is moving southeast
ward over the Rocky mountain region.
The barometer is unusually low in this
storm, a reading Of 29.1O inches being re-
ported this morning from southeastern
Montana.
has been confined to the south and middle
Atlantic states in the east and on the Pa
cif1c coast and the plateau region in the
west.
Fair weather is indicated for tonight and
Thursday in the lake region and the middle
Atlantic states. Rain Is probable in the
lower Mississippi valley, Tennessee, the
Ohio valley and the east gulf states Thurs
day.
The wind along the middle Atlantic coast
will be brisk northwesterly, diminishing to-
night. On the south Atlantic coast light
westerly winds will become variable. On
the east gulf coast increasing southea asterly
winds are probable.
Storm warnings are displayed on the New
England coast.
Steamers which depart today for Eu
ropean ports will have fresh northerly
winds and rainy weather to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the mast
tWenty-fOur hours. a.
geles, LA; San Diego. 1.16; Red Bluff.
1.62; New York. 1.16; Atlantic CITY. / 10:
San Louis Obispo, $40
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty -four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-February 25: pm, A; 8
p m, a; IL midnight, IL. February 20: 4
am, 40; am, Al; noon. 4s; pm, 60
Maximum, So at pm. February 90: mini
num- 40, at 4 am. February &C.
Barometer-February %: pm. 29.63. q
pm, 1858; IL midnight, 2o.59 February
2G am. 1858; am. 1854; noon, 20 20:
2 pm. 2o.70.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature. "a: condi-
tion, L.. Dalecarlta reservoir, temperature
33; condition at north connection, 1; condi-
tion at south connection, 4: Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir. temperature. 80; condi-
tion at infiuent gatehouse. 6; condition at
efhuent gatehouse. Z.
Tide Table.
Today--Low tide, $3.50 am. and $40 D. m.
high tide. 1914 a I'm. and 100 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, $50 am and sos
pm. high tide, 11:22 am. and II 80 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, $3.50 am; sun sets. 5:47
PM.
Moon rises, 1918 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 6:3S 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 AZ
teen, minutes after sunset and extinguished
|'forty-five minutes before sunrise.