Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-24
COOLER TONIGHT.
Friday Fair; Fresh Northwesterly
Winds Indicated.

Winds Indicated.
Forecast till pm. Frday.-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, partly cloudy and cooler
tonight. Friday fair; fresh northwesterly
winds.
For Maryland and Virginia, partly cloudy
and cooler tonight. Friday fair; fresh to
brisk northwesterly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 20: a year ago. 81
Weather conditions and general forecast
The Atlantic disturbance is this morning
apparently not far from the middle coast
with a northward movement. No high
winds have as yet been reported at coast
stations except at Hatteras. The central
portion of the country is covered by a
marked high area with a cool wave the
temperature ranging from % to 16' degrees
below the seasonal average. Frosts were
general in the upper Mississippi valley and
the western upper lake region. In the
northwest pressure is falling rapidly with
rising temperature.
There have been showers in the lake re-
gion. western Texas, southern plateau and
on the north Pacific coast; elsewhere the
weather continued fair.
The weather will be fair tonight and Fri
day in the east and south. preceded by
showers tonight in eastern New England
and on the middle Atlantic coast.
1t will be cooler tonight in New England
the middle Atlantic and northern portion Of
the south Atlantic states and in Tennessee
and warmer Friday in the Ohio valley
Frosts are probable tonight in the Ohio
valley lower lake region, and the noun
tain districts of the middle Atlantic states.
On the New England coast winds will be
brisk to high northerly; on the middle At
lantic coast fresh to brisk north to north
west; on the south Atlantic and east gulf
coasts fresh northerly. and on the lower
lakes fresh northwest to north.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
1ny ito OF frny E.cf v,nr fn
and from Fort Monroe to Hatteras
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have increasing northerly winds
north of the 40th parallel. probably becom-
ing high this evening, with rain to the
Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation On
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Hatteras. LIS; VIC
toria. LOO.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
thermometer 3- pm. 70;
pm, Is; II midnight. 5S. September A-i
am, &c. 8 am, g. II noon, GA; 2 pm, IS.
Maximum, 70, at pm. September %; min
imum 56, at pm, September "A.
Barometer-September 23+ pm. 1898; 8
pm, %. So; Il midnight, 29.S1. September
PA am, 29.75; am, $3.50; noon, %. "a;
2 pm. 29S5.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls temperature IS; condi-
ton, s; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature
GA; condition at north connection II; condi-
ton at south connection, s; Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir, temperature 20: condi-
ton at influent gate house .; condition at
etfluent gate house. 10; Washington city
reservoir. temperature II; condition at in
fluent, Is; condition at eti1uent. &c.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 4:O7 am and 20 pm +;
high tide, 9:55 am. and 10:1S pm. TomOr
row-Low tide. 4:55 am. and sos pm
high tide, 1898 a. and II :O1 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises. 5:4S am: sun sets, SO
pm. Moon sets, STA pm. Tomorrow-Sun
rises, $40 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 ff-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Water.
Special Dispatch The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, September
24.-Both rivers are muddy here.
Downtown Temperatures.
The temperature registered today by At
feck's standard thermometer was: am,
TO-; II noon, 730; l 30 p. m, 75'.