Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-30
SHOWERS, COOLER TONIGHT.
Friday Fair, Cooler; Light to Fresh
Northeasterly Winds.

Friday Fair, Cooler; Light to Fresh
Northeasterly Winds.
Forecast till pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia Delaware and Maryland
showers and cooler tonight. Friday fair.
cooler; light to fresh northwesterly winds
For Virginia. showers and cooler tonight.
except fair in the extreme western por-
ton. Friday fair and cooler: fresh south
westerly winds, becoming northwesterly.
Maximum temperatures past twenty-four
hours. 90; year ago. 81.
Reaches 100 Mark.
The temperature registered today by At
fleck's standard thermometer was: 8 am,
81; II noon, 90; pm. 100
Weather conditions and general forecast
The disturbance central Wednesday morn
ing over Lake Superior, has advanced slow
ly eastward to the lower lake region. an
area Of high pressure Is moving southeast
ward in its rear, the crest this morning be-
Ing in North Dakota. Pressure continues
relatively low over the plateau region.
Numerous showers and thunder storms
have occurred the last twenty four hours in
New England. the middle Atlantic states.
the lower lake region, the Ohio and middle
Mississippi valleys, Texas and Arkansas.
1t is decidedly cooler In the upper lake
region, the upper and middle portions or
the Mississippi valley and in the Missouri
valley. Minimum temperatures of 80 degrees
to 40 degrees were reported this morning
from North Dakota, and A degrees to 30
degrees from Minnesota.
Showery weather will continue in the
lower lake region and the middle Atlantic
states tonight, and there will be showers
Friday along the lower lakes and the south
Atlantic and east gulf states.
1t will be cooler in the Ohio valley and
the lower lake region tonight and Friday.
and cooler Friday in Tue middle Atlantic
states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh southwesterly. with occasional
thunder squalls: on the south Atlantic and
east gulf coasts light and mostly variable,
and on the lower lakes fresh northwesterly
with occasional thunder squalls tonight.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southweSterly winds
and showers to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Saint Louis. Lac: San
Antonio. LOS; Little Rock. 100; Palestine
PA: Taylor, 1858: Abilene, 1.2S; Halifax
100. Texas: Brennan, $50; Corsicana. $50;
Temple, PIP; Waco. 3.Oe; Weatherford 3.22;
Paris, 1872; Prescott, Ark, 1.6S
Record 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-July 20, pm, 80; pm.
80: II midnight, "a July 80. am. Y: =
am, IS; IL noon, 80: 2 pm, 81.
Maximum, 90 at p.m July 3d. minimum.
II at 3 am. July 80.
Barometer-July 20, pm. $3.50; pm.
1886; IL midnight, 29.SS July 30. am,
1888; am, $50; noon 29.SS; pm. -. SO
Condition of the Water.
Great Falls-Temperature. IS; condition.
16; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature. 81 !;
condition at north connection SO; condition
at south connection. 33; Georgetown dis
ton at infiuent gatehouse, SO; condition at
eftiuent gatehouse, 80; Washington city
reservoir. temperature. 70; condition at in
fluent, SO; condition at effluent, "a.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 6:51 a m. and 7:1O p. m. !:
high tide, 1905 am. and 1925 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1855 am. and Sill
p. M; high tide, 1:01 am. and 1:27 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 1856 am; sun sets, 7:17
pm. .
Moon sets, II .O5 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:57 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
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, July 30
The Potomac is muddy and the Shenandoah
cloudy here today.