Evening star., 1902-04-05
FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
Light Variable Winds, Becoming
Fresh Southerly


Forecast till s pm. Sunday.-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia,
fair tonight and Sunday: warmer; light
variable winds. becoming fresh southerly.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The storm Ontral Friday morning in west
ern North Carolina has moved off to sea,
and is probably central this morning off the
southern New England coast. second
disturbance has moved SoutheaStward from
British Columbia, and this morning overlies
the upper Mississippi valley and the north
west.
Cloudy, rainy weather prevailed Friday in
the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland Della
ware. the District Of Columbia and southern
New Jersey; elsewhere east of the Rocky
mountains fair weather prevailed. Fair
weather has also prevailed west Of the
Rocky mountains, except locally on the Pa
cifc coast, where light rains have fallen.
The temperature has risen generally over
the eastern Rocky mountain slope from
Montana southwark to northern Texas. 1t
has also risen in the middle and upper
Mississippi valley and the upper lake re-
gion. There has been a fall in temperature
from Mississippi northeastward to the Caro-
iinas, and light frost is reported this morn
ing in southern Illinois, southern Indiana,
Tennessee, and heavy frost al one station
in North Carolina.
Generally fair and warmer weather Is In
dicated for the southern and western por-
tfons Of the Washington forecast district
IL.
Atlantic coast districts, and the weather
will be generally fair, except in the Ohio
valley and the lower lake region, where
showers are probable.
The winds on the middle Atlantic coast
will be light northerly. shifting to southerly
by Sunday. Fresh southerly winds will pre-
vail along the gulf coast, and fresh to brisk
southwesterly winds on the lower lakes.
Steamers which depart today for European
ports will have light north to northwest
winds and partly cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at p. m. yesterday:
Thermometer-April 4: 4 pm, 10: 8 pm.
SO; IL midnight. 3S. April 5: am, SO: s
am, 3S; noon As; p.m 80. Maximum, %,
at pm. April 8; minimum, So. at am.
April 5.
Barometer-Aprl 4: A pm, 1896; pm.
29.91; II midnight, 1895. April 8: m,
1884; s am, 2999: noon. 1896; 2 pm, - "a.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, A; condi-
ton, II; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
Al; condition at north connection, 8; cohdl-
ton at south connection, g; Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir, temperature. 40: condi-
ton at inf1uent gate house, 10; condition at
effiuent gate house, 16: Washington city
reservoir, temperature, At; condluon at IN
fluent, 8; condition at effluent Z.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, :3S m; h gh tide, 500
am. and 5:26 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1902 am. and 1923
pm; high tide. 5:55 m. and 6:21 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:39 am; sun sets, 6:27
pm.
Moon rises, 4:16 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:37 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 fff-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.