Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-14
FAIR TONIGHT.
Friday Increasing Cloudiness; Light,
Southerly Winds.


Forecast till pm. Friday; For the Dis
trict of Columbia. Delaware and Maryland,
fair tonight. Friday increa3ing cloudiness;
light southerly winds.
For Virginia, partly cloudy tonight. FRI
day increasing cloudiness. probably rain in
southern portion; fresh easterly winds on
the coast.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours. 76; year ago,.Jd
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The northeastern high has given way some
what in the last twenty-feur hours, and the
jority of districts. Pressure continues rela-
lively high over the upper lake region,
where the principal high is located this
morning. The depression over the east
gulf states has increased somewhat in en-
ergy during the night The barometer is
also low over the plateau and Rocky noun
tain region, the greatest depression being
over AssinibOia.
Rain has fallen in the middle and lower
Mississippi valley. Tennessee the east gulf
states, Georgia, Florida and the western
portion of North Carolina. There have also
been light rains on the Pacific coast from
upper California northward.
The temperature changes have been I'M
important.
Rain is probable in the south Atlantic and
east gulf states tonight, and in the south
probably extend Friday slowly northeast
ward into the middle Atlantic states.
The temperature changes will be slight.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be light southerly, becoming variable
and probably shifting to northeasterly; on
the south Atlantic coast fresh east to south
east winds will prevail; on the east gulf
coast and lower lakes the winds Will be
light and variable
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light variable winds and
fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation dn
twenty-four hours: Nashville, los; jack
sonville, 100; Brownsville, Tenn, go: Ar
nngton. Tenn, 2.2O; Corinth, Miss, FOG;
Holly Springs, Miss; a7e; aSl Ala.
2.4S; Columbus, Miss, PA; Okolona, Miss,
1.50; Aberdeen, Miss, 1b4.
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 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-May 10. pm, 76; pm.
50; II midnight, g. May IA, 4 AM, "a; 8
am. g.: II noon. "a; p.m.. 70.
Maximum, IS, at 2 pm, May IA; mini
mum. %, at am, May IA.
Barometer-May 10. pm, 1921; s pm.
30.13: am, OH; noon, 3006; p,m 1908.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 6S; condi-
tion SO; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
IS; condition al north connection, SO; condi-
ton at south connection. SO: Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temp erature SO; con-
diton at infuent gate house, SO; condition
at effluent gate house. SO: Washington city
reservoir, temperature, Sc; condition at in
fluent 80; condition at eff1uent 80.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 1853 am. and 4:28 pm
high tide. 849 am. and 1910 pm.
Tomorrow--Low tide. 4:32 lam. and 5O7
pm. high tide. 1923 am. and 1O:45 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 4:47 am; sun sets, 7:O5
pm.
Moon rises, 9:52 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:4S am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
t1nguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted if
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.