Evening star., 1902-05-07
COOLER TONIGHT.
Showers and Thunder Storms; Thurs
day Fair.

Forecast till pm. Thursday: For Della
ware and Maryland, showers and thunder
storms this afternoon or tonight. Thurs
day fair; fresh southwest to west winds.
For the District of Columbia. showers
and thunder storms this afternoon or to-
night; cooler tonight. Thursday fair; fresh
southwest to west winds.
For Virginia, showers and thunder storms
this afternoon or tonight. Thursday fair,
with cooler in extreme southeast portion;
fresh southwest to northwest winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
storm that developed Monday night over
eastern Nebraska has moved rapidly to On
tario by way of the Michigan peninsula,
and in combination with another disturb
ance of a more moderate character over
the west gulf states has caused general
showers from the Mississippi valley east
ward, except in the south Atlantic and east
gulf states. In the west, except on the Pa
cific coast, the weather has been generally
fair.
Temperatures have fallen considerably IN
the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys,
and have risen in the northeast, the north
west and extreme west. However, they do
not differ greatly from the seasonal aver
age, except in the Atlantic states.
There will be showers this afternoon
tonight in the middle and south Atlantic
and east gulf states, continuing Thursday
In the south Atlantic states. In the lower
lake region ana ONO valley the weather
will be fair.
1t will be cooler tonight in the middle At
lantic states and upper Ohio valley, and
warmer Thursday in the middle gulf states.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds Will
be fresh south to west; on the south Atlantic
coast fresh southerly. becoming variable;
on the east gulf coast light to fresh, be-
coming northerly; on Lake Erie fresh west
erly, and on Lake Ontario brisk to high
westerly, slowly diminishing.
Storm warnings were ordered Tuesday
night at Buffalo.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh to brisk south
erly winds and showers to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches has been reported during the past
twentyfour hours: Alexandria, La, 100;
Minden, La, 1..0 Nacogdoches, Tex, LIS;
Malvern, Ark, 1.S0.
Records for Twenty Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming a pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: May Ga pm, IS: pm,
90; u midnight, &C. May "A a m., 63; 8
a m, IS; noon, So; pm, 76. Maximum, sc,
at II :45 pm. May I; minimum, 81, at o
am. May Z.
Barometer: May ca pm. 1903; p.m
3ooo; u midnight, 1897. May "A am.
299O; am, 29.S7; noon, 29:S5; pm, %. 50.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a. m.: Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature, 10;
condition at north connection, SO; condition
at south connection, SO; Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir, temperature, 20; condi-
ton at inf1uent gatehouse, 80; condition at
effluent gatehouse, SO; Washington city res
| ervOir. temperature, 20; condition at infiu-
ent, SO; condition at effluent, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 12:5S a m and Al pm !;
high tide. 7:05 am. and 732 pm.
TomorrOw-Low tide, 1:47 am. and 2::}3
p. m; high tide, 7:57 am and S:25 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, "a am.; sun sets, $50
pm.
Moon rises. 5:27 am. tomorrow New
| moon May at 5:45 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:53 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 eXtingushed
| forty-five minutes before sunrise.