Evening star., 1902-05-09
FRESH, NoRTHwEsTERLY WINDS.
Fair, Cooler Tonight and Satur-
day

day.
Forecast till 8 pm. Saturday-f'or the
! District of Columbia and Delaware, fair,
| cooler tonight and Saturday; fresh north
| westerly winds.
| For Maryland, fair, cooler tonight and
| Saturday, probably frost tonight in the
! higher mountain districts; fresh northwest
| erIy winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight; cooler in the in
| terror. Saturday, fair and cooler, winds be-
coming northwesterly and fresh.
Weather conditions and general forecast
| The storm in the north has moved rapidly
/ to the lower st. Lawrence valley, with in
| creased energy, but without precipitation,
| except light showers in the lower lake re-
| gion and portions of New England. 1t is
| closely followed by marked high area
| with decidedly lower temperatures. In the
| lake region and upper Mississippi valley
| they are 10 to IS degrees below the sea-
| sonal average, and snow is falling in the
| northwest portion of the Michigan penin-
| sula. There were also showers in the south
| Atlantic states the extreme northwest and
| locally in the central Rocky mountain re-
| giOn and the middle plateau.
Fair and cool weather may be expected
| for the next few days in the east and
south, and frost will be general tonight in
the upper Ohio valley, the lower lake re-
gion and the northern portion of the mid
die Atlantic states. 1t will also be cooler
| in the southern portion of the middle Allan
| tic states.
| will be fresh to brisk northwesterly; on the
| south Atlantic coast, light to fresh and
mostly northerly; on the gulf coast, light
| to fresh and mostly northeasterly, and on
| the lower lakes northwesterly, slowly
| diminishing.
| Storm warnings are displayed on the At
| lantic coast from Delaware Breakwater to
Eastport.
Steamers which denart to1av for E,uro
pean ports will have fresh to brisk west to
northwest winds and generally fair weather
to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Cheyenne, 1926; Angus
ia, 1.S0; Bainbridge, Ga, 1.60; West Point
Ga, 1.O4.
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
nlng at p. m. yesterday:
G6: II midnight, So May o, 4 am, So; s
M, "a; noon, 90; 2 pm, 10.
Maximum. q. at pm, May 8; minimum,
"a. at am, May 8.
Rarometer-May s, pm, 5000; pm,
1885; u midnight, 2994. May 0, A am,
1892; am, 29.s7; noon, 29.95; 2 pm, 0O5.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls-Temperature, 40; condi-
tion. 36. Dalecarlia reservoir-Temperature
IL; condition al north connection, SO; condi-
ton at south connection, SO. Georgetown
distributing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20; con-
dition at influent gatehouse, SO; condition at
eff1uent gatehouse, SO. Washington city
reservoir-Temperature 20; condition a in
fluent, SO; condition at eff1uent, 36.
Tide Table
Today-Low tide, 2:2S am and 1926 pm;
high tide, $40 am. and 9:1S pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 80 am. and 4:21
pm; high tide, 9:41 IN. and 1912 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 4:51 am; sun sets, 7:O1
pm.
Moon sets 9:13 pm.
|. Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:5O 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 eXtinguished
fortyfive minutes before sunrise.