Evening star., 1902-03-12
WARMER TONIGHT.
Rain Tonight and Thursday; Fresh
southerly Winds.


Forecast till pm. Thursday-For the
District of Columbia and Delaware, rain
tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight;
fresh southerly winds.
For Maryland, rain tonight warmer In
eastern portion. Thursday rain; colder in
western portion in afternoon; fresh south
erly winds.
For Virginia. rain tonight; warmer in
interior. Thursday rain; southerly winds,
fresh to brisk on the coast.
Weather conditions and general forecast
A disturbance of decided character is
central this morning over southern Mis-
souri, with a northeastward movement, and
the pressure is generally low east of the
Rocky mountains, except in the middle and
south Atlantic states
Rain has been general from Texas north
eastward through the lake region into New
England. and there were also showers in
the extreme southwest.
Temperatures are everywhere above the
seasonal average from the slope region
eastward. the excess ranging from g to 80
degrees.
There will be rain tonight in the Ohio
valley and the east and south generally,
and on Thursday in the middle and south
Atlantic states and the eastern lower lake
region.
it will be warmer tonight in the interior
of the middle and south Atlantic states.
and colder tonight or Thursday in the Ohio
valley, the western lower lake region and
the east gulf states.
On the middle and south Atlantic coast
the winds will be fresh to brisk south to
southwest. and on the east gulf coast
brisk. possibly high southerly, shifting later
to northwesterly.
Storm warnings are displayed at Pensa-
cola and Mobile
Steamers which depart today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh to brisk winds.
mostly southwesterly, and showery weather
to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Keokuk, 1.24; Fort
Worth. Ia; Springfield. Mo-, 3.24: Okla
homa. 2.2S; Springfield, H., 1.04; Chicago,
116; Fort Smith, 1.66; Little Rock, 100
Parry Sound, 1.34
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer and barometer readings for
the past twenty-four hours
THERMOMETERS pm, 6s: pm, 56; II
midnight, 81: am, 40; 8 am. 81; noon,
66; pm, 6S.
Maximum temperature, SO, occurred at 2
pm, March II. Minimum temperature, 40.
occurred at am, March II.
Barometer-4 pm, 30 10: pm, 3O.22; IL
midnight, 1920: 4 am. 3O.14; 8 am. 80. 13;
noon, 5000; pm, 5000
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, a; condi-
ton, 2; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
Al; condition at north connection. 1; condi-
tiou at south connection, 3: Georgetown
distributing reservoir temperature, 43; con-
dition at inf1uent gatehouse 2: condition
at effluent gatehouse, 2; Washington city
reservoir temperature. AZ; condition at in
fluent, 2: condition at effiuent, 3.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 3:3s am. and 412 pm. !;
high tide, S.41 am and 1000 Dr.
Tomorrow-Iow tide, 4:23 am and 5:04
pm; high tide, 1929 am. and 1852 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:18 am; sun sets.
6:O3 pm.
Moon sets, 9:16 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 6:16 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset: ex-
tingushing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted f1f-
teen minutes after sunset and .extinguish-
ed forty-five minutes before sunrise.