Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-23
CLEARING TONIGHT.
Tuesday Fair; Light Westerly Winds
Indicated

Indicated
Forecast TIL pm. Tuesday.
For the District of Columbia. Delaware
and Maryland, clearing tonight. TUESDAY
fair; light westerly winds.
For Virginia, clearing tonight; not SC
warm in extreme southeast portion. Tues
day fair and not so warm in western por-
ton; light to fresh westerly winds.
s Weather conditions and general forecast
The weather continues cloudy and rainy
over the eastern third of the country, and
snow has set in over the middle Mississippi
valley. The rains in the mountain dis
tricts Of the Carolinas, Virginia and Ten
nessee. have been particularly heavy, and
the mountain streams in those regions are
rapidly approaching danger stages In the
western districts and the Pacific coast fair
weather has prevailed.
The western area of high pressure has
advanced to Wyoming and western South
Dakota. The several lows along the gulf
coast Sunday morning have united in a
general depression that overlies the Ohio
valley and the middle Atlantic states this
morning.
The weather will continue cloudy and
rainy In the northeastern districts tonight
ana probably TUESDAY, but will clear In the
Ohio valley and Tennessee. Fair weather
is also probable i'm the south Atlantic
states tonight and Tuesday.
1t will be slightly colder in the lower
AISSiSSippl anu lower OnlO ValleyS.
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coasts will continue fresh south
to southwest; on the east gulf coast most
ly north to northwest
Storm warnings are displayed on the
New England coast.
steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh east to southeast
winds and rain to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Tin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Washington, 1.16; Block
Island, 1.52; Lynchburg. 1.48; Knoxville,
LBS; Wytheville 1.52; Charlotte, 1872; Au-
gusta, 1.56; Jacksonville, 1.o2; Raleigh, 2.42;
Norfolk, LA; Tampa. 1.54; Richmond. LAG;
Ashville, 274; Atlanta, POP; Macon, 1.34.
During the twenty-four ending 8 am.
Sunday: Raleigh, 1.5O; Atlanta, 1.O1; Char
Norfolk. 1872; Atlantic City, 122; Block
Island, LILO; Richmond, 3.14.
SPECIAL RIVER BULLETIN.
The Mississippi river continues to fall
from Cairo to Memphis and to rise below.
The stages this morning were as follows:
Saturday morning; Memphis, 1916, a fall
Of o3; Vicksburg, 500, a rise of O.6; New
Orleans, POI a rise of GA.
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:
pm. 4s; T. midnieht, Il Il. March Ri Is 3,
am, 4S; am, so; IL noon, 60; pm, 81.
Maximum, 65, at 80 am. March %;
minimum. 46. at 6 pm, March %.
Barometer-March o. pm, 1910; s
pm. 3OOS; II midnight, 1908. March %,
am, 1880; am, 1881; IL noon, 29.7S;
pm, 29.7S.
Condition Of the Water
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a.m.: Great Falls temperature, "a; condi-
ton, 1; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
81; condition at north connection, 4; condi-
ton at south connection, II; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, So; con-
dition at inf1uent gate house, 30; condition
at ef1uent gate house, 80; Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 54 condition at in
fluent, 26; condition at effluent, 10.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1908 am. and 1913 D.
m; high tide, 1922 am. and $50 pm.
Iomorrow-Low tide, HOO am. and
11:31 pm; high tide, 4:25 am. and 4:47
m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 600 am; sun sets,
6:14 pm
Moon rises, 3:21 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:5S am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
llghted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise