Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-31
CLOUDY AND COOLER TONIGHT.
Saturday Fair and Cool; Light to Fresh
NortherlY Winds.

Northerly Winds.
Forecast till pm. Saturday: For the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Maryland. partly
cloudy and cooler tonight. Saturday fair
and cool: light to fresh northerly winds.
For Virginia. rain and cooler tonight.
Saturday partly cloudy, with cooler in ex-
treme southeast portion; light variable
winds, becoming fresh north to northeast.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours. o.; a year ago. 81.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The weather has cleared in the lake region
and northeastern district under the in
| fuence of an area of high pressure that
was central Thursday morning in the Da
kotas. This high now overlies the lake re-
gion. having built up during the night and
spread southwark over the northern portion
Of the interior valleys. A trough Of low
pressure extends from New Mexico north
ward to Wyoming
There has been rain during the last twen-
ty-four hours in New England, the middle
Atlantic states. the Ohio valley and thence
southwark to- the gulf. except on the I'M
mediate south Atlantic coast. Showers
have also continued in Texas. Arkansas.
Louisiana. Kansas and western Missouri
1t is decidedly cooler this morning in the
lower lake region. the Ohio valley and the
middle Atlantic states. and low tempera-
lures continue in the upper and middle por-
souri, valley.
There will be showers tonight and prob
ably Saturday in the east Gulf and the
lower portion of the south Atlantic states;
elsewhere fair weather will prevail.
1t will be cooler tonight in MARYLAND
and thence southwark into the Carolinas,
and 1t will be cooler Saturday in the south
Atlantic states.
The wind along the middle Atlantic coast
will continue fresh north to northwest; on
the south Atlantic coast light to fresh
| southwesterly winds will Shift to north.
erly: the east gulf coast the winds will
be mostly light southerly, and on the lower
| lakes fresh northerly, diminishing.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northwesterly to
northerly winds and cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation On
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Baltimore. 1o4; Cairo
Los; Meridian, 1.o4: Palestine. log; Iaylor'
1.O4 Lexington 1.O4: Elkins. 1.3S; Column
bus, Ga, 2.54; Newman Ga. 66 Texas,
Beevlle. la: Corsicana. $50; Houston.
2.o4; Longview. 10; Luling, 20: San
Marcos Ito; fernando. Miss, 2OO; Milan,
Tenn. 2.24; Brinkley, Ark, 15S.
Records for Twenty Four Hours.
The following We're the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at . pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-July 80. 4 pm. o.: pm,
&c; II midnight "A: July 81, am. IL;
am. "A; y noon, Il; pm, 20.
Maximum. "a, at pm. July 30; mini
mum. 20, at am, July 81
Barometer-July 80, pm, @o.s'; pm.
29.S': l. midnight, 29.:G. July 81. am.
1898: a. m. 3o.o2 noon, 3ooS; pm, 3o.o7.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
m: Great Falls. temperature -; condi-
ton. Dalecarla reservoir, temperature,
-: condition at north connection. =; cond1-
ton at south connection. Georgetown
distributing reservoir. temperature, 81: con-
diton at intuent gate house. 80; condition
at effluent gate house, "a. Washington city
reservoir. temperature, SO; condition at in
fluent, "a; condition at etuent, 80
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 7:55 a. and pm;
high tide. :01 am. and ~ pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide 8 am. and 9:13 p.
m; high tide. POP am. and 2:3o pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today sun rises 4:57 am; sun sets, 716
Moon sets II: AZ pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 4:5S M
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 est!ngulshed
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special DisJatc h to The Evening Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va, July 81
The Potomac Is muddy and the Shenandoah
very cloudy here today.
Drops to EightyThree.
The temperature registered today by
Afiecks standard thermometer was:
am 81 degrees; Il noon. SO degrees; = pm,
SO degrees.