Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-27
FAIR TONIGHT.
Saturday Increasing Cloudiness; Light,
Variable Winds.


Variable Winds.
FORECAST till p. m. Saturday: For the
District Of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land. fair tonight. Saturday increasing
eloudiness; light variable winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight; warmer in
western portion. Saturday increasing
cloudiness; light to fresh southerly winds.
becoming westerly.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The western high has advanced to Mime
sofa, and the eastern high to the middle
and south Atlantic coast. Between these
highs pressure is relatively low, with the
greatest depression over southern Texas. A
second depression Is approaching the Cali
fornda coast from the Pacific. Snow has
fallen in the lower Missouri, the middle and
upper Mississippi valleys and the upper lake
region and rain in Texas and the southwest.
Rain has also fallen on the Pacific coast.
1t is warmer in New England, the lower
lake region and the lower Mississippi valley,
and considerably colder in the upper Missis-
Sippi valley and thence southWestward to
Oklahoma. Rain is probable tonight in the
lower Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys.
and on Saturday In the gulf states and
Tennessee.
1t will be colder in the lower lake region,
the Ohio. and lower Mississippi valleys.
The winds on the middle Atlantic coast
will be mostly westerly and light to fresh /;
on the south Atlantic and east Gulf coasts
mostly fresh northeasterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southwesterly winds
and fair weather to the Grand Banks
Storm warnings are displayed on the. Pa
ctfic coast at the mouth Of the Columbia
river and on Straits Of Juan de Fuca
The following heavy precipitation On
Inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Victoria, Ito
Special River Bulletin.
The Mississippi continues to rise below
Helena.
The stages this morning are as follows
Memphis, 1876 feet, fall Of O3 feet; Vicks-
burg. SIS, a rise of OF; New Orleans, 2O.3,
a rise of Oh.
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:
Observation-Disclosures g. 4 pm SO: 8
pm, So; IL midnight, 49, March 81, 4
am, AZ; am, 46; - noon, "a; p.m 6S.
Maximum, 6s, at pm, March q; mini
mum, 80, at 5:45 am, March q.
Barometer-March 26. pm, Bolt; 8
pm, 30.19; IL midnight, 3O.19. March p,
am, 3o14; am. 3o.17; noon, 3O.15; 2
pm, 3O.O6.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
a. m: Great Falls. temperature, 81; condi-
ton, 3; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
80; condition at north connection, 3; condi-
ton at south connection, q Georgetown dis
trtbuting reservoir temperature, "a; condl-
ton at influent gate house, 2; condition at
effluent gate house, 0; Washington city res
ervoir, temperature. SO; condition at infiu-
ent, 8; condition at effiuent, II.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1 a. m. and 1.22 D. M !;
high tide, 6.05 a. m. and 7:15 p. m.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 40 a. m. and 2:O5
p M; high tide, :3S a.. m. and 1856 p. m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, $3.50 a. M; sun sets, 6:1s
p. m.
Moon rises, 5:23 a. m. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises. $50 a. 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 If
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
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