Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
RAIN TONIGHT.
Sunday Fair and Cooler; Brisk to High
Winds.
Forecast till 8 pm. Sunday:


Forecast till pm. Sunday:
For the District of Columbia, Delaware
and Maryland. rain this afternoon and to-
night. followed by clearing and cooler. Sun
day fair and cooler: brisk to high south
easteriy. shifting to northwesterly winds.
For Virginia. rain and cooler tonight.
Sunday. cooler and fair. preceded by rain
on the coast: high southeasterly, shifting to
northwesterly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty -four
hours. &C.; year ago. II.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The west gulf storm has advanced to the
interior of the south Atlantic states, at
tended by rain in the gulf states, and in
the Atlantic states as far north as Pennsyl-
vania. The disturbance that occupied the
north-central districts Friday morning is
central this morning over Lake Huron, and
the barometer has fallen rapidly in the ex-
IRENE northwest. An area of high barOme-
ter covers the interior Of the country west
of the Mississippi, and the barometer is
high over the western Atlantic.
The temperature has fallen in the central
valleys, the lake region and the northwest,
and is below freezing in the states Of the
middle and upper Missouri valley.
Rain will occur tonight in the Atlantic
coast states. followed Sunday by clearing
and cooler weather.
lower lake region over the southeastern
states and frost will occur in the interior
Of the middle and west gulf states.
Along the middle Atlantic coast increas-
Ing and probably high easterly winds will
shift to northwesterly: on the south Allan
tic coast brisk to high southerly winds will
Shift to nOrthweSter1y: on the gulf coast
diminishing northwesterly winds will pre-
vail and in the lower lake region the winds
will be high southerly. shifting to north
westerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the east
gulf coast. on the Atlantic coast and on
the Great Lakes, except Chicago.
Steamers departing Saturday for Euro
pean ports will have strong easterly winds
and rain to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Chattanooga 1.O4; Quit
man. Ga. ECO: Thomasville. Ca, I5S;
Greensboro. Ga. LIS: Washington, Ca,
l.GO; Livingston, Ala. 1.54: Robeline, La,
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:
Observation-Disclosures 49, pm, 20; 8
pm. So; II midnight, Ga. October II: 4
am. "a; am. "a; II noon. 63; 2 pm. 81.
Maximum. g. at pm. October Is; mini
mum, 62, at pm. October II.
Observation-Disclosures 16: 4 pm, 1896; 8
pm, 1886; II midnight, 1884 October IL:
4 am, 2991; am, 1888; noon, 1910; 2
pm, 29.6S.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a. m: Great Falls-Temperature, 81; condi-
ton, SO; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature
81; condition at north connection, SO; con-
dition at south connection, is; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature 63; con-
dition at infuent gatehouse SO; Washington
city reservoir, temperature, 81 condition at
effiuent gatehouse. &c.
Tide Tale.
Today-Low tide. 11:1O a. M and 11:4O
pm; high tide, 4:32 a. m. and 5:O7 p. M
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1905 p. M; high
tide, 5:35 a. m. and sos p m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 612 a. M; sun sets, $40
p. m.
Moon rises 3:4S a. m. tomorrow
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:13 a. m.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguiShing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandeScent lamps lighted If
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va, October II.
The Potomac is clear and the Shenandoah
very cloudy here today.