Evening star., 1902-03-01
FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
Cooler Sunday; Fresh to Brisk Winds,
Shifting to Northwesterly.

Forecast till pm. Sunday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia. fair tonight and Sunday; cooler
Sunday; fresh to brisk winds, shifting to
northwesterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The great barometric depression still con-
tinues over almost the entire country, with
it's center over Lake Superior. 1t is pro-
ceedng very slowly in orth-northeaster-
ly direction with an apparent slow decrease
in intensity. The storm has been attended
by gales, excessively heavy rainfalls and
high temperatures, the combination of the
two latter producing food conditions of
enormous magnitude. Under the influence
of warm rains the ice in the northern
streams has gone out with disastrous erect
while in the south torrential rains have
created widespread devastation. The states
of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Nir
ginia have especially suffered. every stream
being out of it's banks and many feet above
the danger lines. At Pittsburg this morn
ing the stage of water was 29.3 feet, 1.3
feet above the danger line, and rise of
1862 since Friday morning Great damage
was also reported from points along the
Susquehanna river. Along the Potomac con-
ditions are again approaching the serious
stage. While the extreme upper river is
falling the Shenandoah is still rising rapid
ly with a stage Of 27.6 feet this morning at
was 22.5 a rise of about feet since Friday
morning The effects Of this rise will be
felt at Washington Saturday afternoon,
when the water will probably reach its
highest stage on the present rise. In the
southern states similar conditions prevail
without the ice feature. This conditions of
affairs has been long anticipated, particu-
larly in the northern states, and for the past
ten days the river situation has been the
subject of constant care and study in order
that the necessary warnings might be is
sued at the proper time.
The weather will be generally fair tonight
and Sunday over all districts in the east
and south except in the lower lake region,
with somewhat lower temperature.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be brisk to high southwest to west; on
the south Atlantic and east gulf coasts
fresh southerly shifting to northwesterly.
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have brisk to high south to
southwest winds and partly cloudy weather
to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation (in
1nches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Washington. LOS: Port
land, Me-, 212; Boston, LIZ; Block Island
la; Albany, 1876; Scranton, 1.6O; Philadel-
phia, 15S; Escanaba, 1.12.
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 at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer. FeDruary 2S-4 %. m., .H
8 pm. 56: IL midnight 81. March IA a IN
81: am. so: noon. 63; 2 pm. &C. Maxi
mum-66. at pm. March l. Minimum-4S,
at am. March l.
Barometer: February 2S-4 pm. 90 %
pm, 80; II midnight 29.3S. March l.
4 am. 1888; am, 29.61; noon, 29.65 2
pm. %. So.
Condition of the Water
Temperature and condition Of water at s
| a M: Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature. "a:
condition at north connection, l.; condition
at south connection, 1; Georgetown distrib-
uting reservoir, temperature. 81: condition
| at inf1uent gate house, l; condition at eff1u-
ent gate house, 2
Tide Table.
| Today-Low tide, 6:55 I'm. and TAO pm !;
! high tide, 1910 am. and 12:45 pm.
| Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:45 am. and S:32
| pm; high tide, :OS a m. and 30 pm.
| The Sun and Moon.
| Today-Sun rises, $3.50 am; sun sets. 81
pm.
Moon rises, 1 am. tomorrow.
TomOrrOw-Sun RISES 6:33 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 tif-
teen minutes after sunset and extnguished
forty-fve minutes before sunrise.