Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
CLOUDY AND WARMER TONIGHT
Saturday Increasing Cloudiness and
Probably Rain.

Forecast till pm. Satutday-For Della
ware and Maryland, partly cloudy tonight;
probably rain Saturday; light variable
winds, shifting to easterly.
For the District of Columbia, partly
cloudy and warmer tonight. Saturday in
creasing cloudiness and probably rain: light
variable winds shifting to easterly.
For Virginia. fair in eastern, rain and
warmer In western portion tonight Satur
day rain; light variable winds, shifting to
easterly
Maximum temperature past twenty
hours. "A; year ago. 81.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The trough Of low pressure that extended
Thursday morning from the Dakotas to
Arizona has moved eastward, and the CEN
ter of disturbance is central this morning
over the Texas panhandle. The north Pa
ci1c area of high barometer has moved over
the northern Rocky mountain region, and
the eastern high area Is drifting slowly
over the middle Atlantic coast. One cloud
area covers the gulf and south Atlantic
states, and another extends from the mid
die Rocky mountain region over the upper
Mississippi valley and the sOuthen lakes.
Within these cloud areas light scattered
rains have occurred, and in the middle
Rocky mountain region snow is reported
this morning.
The temperature has risen generally in
the central and southern districts east of
the Rocky mountains, and has fallen de-
cdedly In the middle and northern Rocky
mountain and plateau districts. where
freezing temperatures are reported.
The indications are that cloudy and
warm weather will prevail tonight over the
eastern and southern district, with scat
tered rains in the interior and that the
rain area will reach the Atlantic coast Sat
urday or Saturday night.
Along the middle Atlantic coast light
variable winds will Shift to southeasterly:
on the south Atlantic coast the winds will
be fresh nOrtheasterly; on the east gulf
coast fresh east to southeast, and on the
lower lakes fresh southerly, shifting to
southeaSterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports VIII have fresh southwesterly winds
and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
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-October %, pm, 60; 8
pm, Sc; IL midnight, AZ. October 80, 4
M, SO; am, 40; II noon, 20: pm, II.
Maximum, "a, at 100 pm, October 80;
minimum. 30, at am, October 80.
Observation-Disclosures %, 4 pm, 1920; 8
am, 30.19; - midnight, 1922. October 80,
4 am, 1922; am, 1927; noon, 1925; 9
p. m, 1920. LII
Condition Of the Water.
Great Falls-Temperature 48; condition,
SO; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature so;
condition at north connection, SO; condition
at south connection, So; Georgetown dis
tr.buting reservoir, temperature, 50; condi-
ton at inf1uent gatehouse. SO; condition at
ef1uent gatehouse, 36; Washington city
reservoir. temperature, 81; condition at in
fluent, SO; condition at effiuent SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 8:32 am. and 9:59 pm;
high tide, 2:3O am. and 3:OS pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1924 am. and 1868
pm; high tide, 1880 am. and 4.OS pm
The Sun and Moon
Today-Sun rises, 6:26 am; sun sets. 800
pm.
Moon sets, 1:42 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:27 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 tncandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-ive minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va, October 80.
Both rivers are clear here today.