Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-12
FAIR AND COOLER foN1oHr.
Friday Warmer, With Increasing
Cloudiness; Possibly Rain.


Cloudiness; Possibly Rain.
Forecast till p. m. Friday--For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland,
fair and cooler tonight. Friday warmer,
with increasing cloudiness and possibly
raius fresh westerly, shifting to southerly
winds. ~
For Virginia, fair tonight. With cooler in
central and eastern portions. Friday warm
er with increasing cloudiness; fresh wester-
ly shifting to southerly winds,
Maximum temperature past twenty -four
hours, "a; year ago, 6O. $50
Weather conditions and general forecast
The movements of areas or nigh and low
baronetric pressure over the United States
during the last two days have been excep-
tonally rapid. Since Wednesday morning
storm has advanced from the north Pa
cific coast to Iowa, and rain area has
swept from tho lake region and central val
leys eastward over the Atlantic coast states
The passage of the north Pacdnc storm has
been followed by rain In the middle and
north Pacific coast districts. and by snow
in the middle and northern Rocky mountain
region.
The eastward movement Of the depression
that covered the Mississippi valley and
has been followed by a decided fall in tenn
perature from the western lake region over
the OHIO and Mississippi valleys. In
the Atlantic coast states and from the
Mississippi river to the Rocky mountains
the temperature has risen. Over the ex-
treme northern Rocky mountain districts
the British Northwest territory and the
north Pacific coast the temperature is be-
low the seasonal average, with minimum
reported reading of degrees above zero
at Battleford and degrees above at Ed
monitor.
Rapid changes in weather and tempera-
ture will continue over the eastern and
northeastern parts OF the United States
during the next two days. In the Atlantic
coast districts cooler and fair weather will
be followed Friday by increasing cloudiness
and rain. In the Ohio valley and lower
lake region the temperature will rise to-
night, with increasing cloudiness and rain
or snow Friday. In the southern states the
weather will continue fair with rising tenn
perature Friday.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be fresh westerly, shifting to southerly;
on the south Atlantic coast light and varia-
BILE, shifting to fresh easterly; on the east
gulf coast light to fresh southerly, and on
the lower lakes increasing and high south
erly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
upper lakes, except Duluth, and ON Lake
Erie. except at Buffalo and Cleveland.
Steamers departing today for European
partly cloudy weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Tin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Halifax. 1.54
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: November ia pm, az:
pm, 50: II midnight. SO. November 12-
am, 90; am, 4S; IL noon, 80; 2 pm,
80; Maximum-e4. at pm: November II.
Minimizing. at 7:45 am. November r.
Barometer: November III pm. 29.s5:
pm. 29s1; II midnight, 29.76. November
Pa am. 29.s7; am. 1908; noon, 1905;
pm, 3O.O3.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
a. M: Great Falls, temperature, Al; condi-
ton. 36; Dalecarlia reservoir temperature,
Al; condition at north connection. 80; condi-
ton at south connection, SO; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature. 40; con-
dition at infiuent gatehouse. SO; condition
at eff1uent gatehouse, SO: Washington city
reservoir, temperature. 40: condition at in
fluent gatehouse. 36; condition at ef11uent
gatehouse, SO. r.-et
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 7:54 a. M and s:21 p. m. !;
high tide, 1908 a. m. and 80 D, m.
TOmorrow-LOw tide, 1854 a. M and 9:25
p. M; high tide, 2:05 a. n. and 2:41 p. m.
The Sun and Moon H..
Today-Sun rises Cal a. M. sun sets 4:4T
p. m.
Moon rises 1920 a. m. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:42 a. m.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps light
ed fifteen minutes after sunset and extin-
guished forty-fve minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY. w. Va, November
12.-Both rivers are clear.