Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-06
FAIR TONIGHT.
Saturday Fair, Followed by Rain in
Afternoon or at Night.

Saturday Fair, Followed by Rain il
Afternoon or at Night.
|. Forecast till pm. Saturday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land. fair tonight. Saturday fair, followed
by rain in afternoon or at night; light va
riable winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight Saturday In
creasing cloudiness probably rain in after
noon or at night; light to fresh northeast
erly winds. becoming southeasterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast
. The period Of sluggishness in the move
ment of the highs and lows has given way,
and there has been considerable change In
their relative positions during the last "A
hours. The area Of low pressure, central
Thursday morning in Utah, has moved
east-northeast, and now overlies the west
ern portion of the Dakotas The high that
has covered the Dakotas for several days
and a second high Ii moving eastward over
the middle plateau.
There has been rain in New England, tie
south Atlantic states, Tennessee, the lower
Ohio and the Mississippi valleys, and locally
IN the mlodfe plateau
1t is much warmer in the northwest and
over the eastern slope.
The weather tonight will be fair in the
probable tonight in the lower Ohio and
lower Mississippi valleys, and on Saturday
in the east gulf and south Atlantic states.
Tennessee, the Ohio valley and lower lake
region.
The temperature changes will not be i'm
portant.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be light northeasterly tonight becom-
ing variable and shifting to southerly Sat
urday; on the south Atlantic coast light
southeasterly winds will increase Saturday;
on the east gulf coast the winds will be
fresh southerly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh northerly
winds and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The Ohio river has fallen at Cincinnati,
but continues to rise below, and Is APP
preaching the danger line at Louisville The
Mississippi below Cairo is still rising slowly,
except in the vicinity of Memphis, where it
has remained nearly stationary. The pres
ent outlook confirms previous forecasts of
anticipated changes.
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-March 5: pm, "a; 8
pm. So; IL midnight, &C. March 8: am,
%; am, 48; noon, 81; 2 pm, 81. Maxi
mum, "a, at pm. March 8; minimum, Al,
at AM March g.
Barometer-March 8: pm, 1907; sp.m.,
3O1O; IL midnight, 3O13. March 6: 4 am,
30.1s; am. 1924; noon, 80. 50: pm, 1895.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at y
am: Great Falls, temperature, 46; condi-
ton, 8; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
AZ; condition at north connection, 6; condi-
ton at south connection, s.; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, A; con-
dition at influent gate house, /; condition
at eff1uent gate house, 1: Washington city
reservoir, temperature, A; condition at in
fluent, 2; condition at effluent, 10.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, I'll am and pm. !;
high tide, 1898 am. and :12 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, $40 a m. and pm. !;
high tide. :33 am. and 2:10 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:2s am; sun sets, 5:56
pm.
Moon sets, 1:35 am. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun RISES 6:26 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naptha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-fve minutes before sunrise.