Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-28
RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
Fresh to Brisk South to Southeast
Winds

Forecast till pm. Saturday:
For the District of Columbia, Delaware
and Maryland, rain tonight and Saturday;
fresh to brisk south to southeast winds
For Virginia. rain tonight and Saturday;
southeast to south winds, becoming brisk
to high on the coast
Weather conditions and general forecast:
A Well-def1ned storm is central this morn
ing over eastern Texas with north-north-
eastward movement, and as a result rains
are general throughout the east and SOUTH
The excessive rains in the middle gulf
states continue, and at Vicksburg S62
inches have fallen during the past fortv-
eight hours. In the west there has been no
precipitation of consequence, except some
light local SHOWS.
Temperatures remain considerably above
the seasonal average over the eastern half
of the country, and are about normal to the
westward.
Rain will be general tonight and Sa turday
in the east and south, except in the middle
gulf states, where the weather will be fair
Saturday.
1t will be colder tonight along the lower
lakes, and colder Saturday in the east gulf
states the Ohio valley and the lower lake
region.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
Will be southeast, slowly increasing; on the
south Atlantic coast they will be southeast
to south, becoming brisk to high, and on
the east gulf coast brisk to high southerly
shifting to westerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic and gulf coasts from Norfolk to Mo-
bile.
The display Of storm warnings on the
great lakes and Lake Pepin will be resumed
for the season April l. 1902
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh sOutherly winds
and showery weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
| inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Fort Smith, 10 Vicks-
burg. 312; St. Louis, 1872; Meridian, 34s;
Nashville, 1.46: Shreveport, 2.25.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following We're the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-March q: pm. 81: 3
pm, 80; ~ midnight 90. March %: a. M,
b2; am, 90; noon, 80; pm, 81. Maxi
mum, u, at pm. March 27 minimum 40.
at II pm. March 81.
Barometer-March q: pm, BOIL; 8
pm. 5000; II midnight, 1905 March %:
am. 5000; am, 1893; noon, 1888; ,
pm, 1898.
Condition of the Water
Temperature and condition of water at s
| am: Great Falls. temperature so; condi-
ton, is; Dalecaria reservoir, temperature,
40; condition at north connection, 90 condl-
ton at south connection, 10; GEORGETOWN
distributing reservoir temperature 81; con-
dition at infiuent gatehouse. -; condition
at effiuent gatehouse, 8; Washington city
reservoir, temporal ure, 4S; condition at In
fluent. 6; condition at effluent, >.
Tide Table
Today-Low tide. 4:54 am. and 5:29 pm ;
high tide, 1880 am. and 11:O7 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, $50 I'M and GIG
pm; high tide. 1l:27 am. and l1:45 pm.
The Sun and Moon
Today-Sun rises, 5:51 am sun sets. 6:19
pm.
Moon rises, 1850 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises $50 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 fiji
%een minutes after sunset and extinguished
| forty-five minutes before sunrise