Evening star., 1903-10-16
CLOUDY TONIGHT.
Rain Saturday; Winds Mostly Fresh
From the East.

Rain Saturday; Winds Mostly Fresh
From the East.
Forecast till pm. Saturday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia. partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday; rain Saturday; winds mostly
fresh from the east.
Maximum temperature past twentyfour
hours, 60; year ago, II.
Weather conditions and general forecast.
The disturbance that occupied the upper
Mississippi valley Thursday morning has
united with an area of low barometer that
has moved eastward over the British North
west territory, and the barometer is low
this morning from Manitoba over the
northern lake region. a disturbance that
apparently moved eastward over northern
Mexico appeared in the Rio Grande valley
last evening" and is central this morning
over Louisiana.
The rain area that covered the Ohio and
upper Mississippi valleys and the lake re-
gion Wednesday morning has extended
eastward over the interior of the middle
Atlantic and New England states, and rain
has been followed by clearing weather in
the Upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys The
southwestern disturbance has been attend
ed by rain in the middle and west gulf
coast districts.
Freezing temperatures are reported this
morning from the western states as far
south as the Texas Panhandle, and read
ing o. twenty-eight degrees is reported at
Dodge, Kan. Killing frost occurred last
night in western Kansas and extreme
northwestern Texas, and heavy frost in
western Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
The indications that the southwest
ern disturbance will advance east or north
of east, attended by rain area that will
extend over the east gulf and south At
lantic states tonight and over the middle
Atlantic states Saturday The passage of
this disturbance will be followed over the
southern states by decided fall in tenn
perature. In the Ohio valley and lower lake
region the weather is likely to continue
partly cloudy tonight and Saturday.
On the middle Atlantic coast fresh south
erly winds will shift to easterly Saturday;
on the south Atlantic coast the winds will
increase from east to southeast; on the
east gulf coast, increasing and probably
high southeasterly, shifting to northwest
erly winds. and on the lower lakes fresh to
brisk southwesterly winds will prevail.
Storm warnings are displayed on the gulf
coast from Corpus Christi to Pensacola
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southerly winds and
partly cloudy weather to the Gand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twentyfour hours Galveston, PIP; Tay-
lor. 1.O2; Melville, La, 1.S0.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
The1 mometer-October Is, 4 pm, &C; s
pm, 60; Il midnight, So. October 16, 4
am. 81; 8 am, 60; II noon. 64; pm, 60.
Maximum, 50 at 2 pm. October 49, mini
mum, 54 at L midnight, October 10.
Barometer-October 10, pm, 29.97; 8
pm, 29.99; u midnight. 3O.G6. October 16,
am. 800: 8 am, 3O.O3; noon, 3O.03; 2
> M, 29.y.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls. temperature, 81; condi-
ton. 33. Dalecarlia reservoir. temperature,
60; condition at north connection. 36; condi-
ton at south connection, 81 Georgetown
distributing reservoir, tempera ture, 81 con-
dition at infiuent gate house, 49, condition
at eff1uent gate hose, 36. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 81: condition at in
fluent, SO; condition at effiuent, 36.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1O:11 am. and 1910
pm; high tide, 3:25 a m. and 400 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 11:10 am. and II 40
pm; high tide. 4:32 am. and 5:07 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, Gil am; sun sets, 5:2l
p. m.
Moon rises, 2:40 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, G:12 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tnguiShing 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.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va, October 16.
Both rivers are clear here today.