Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-18
LIGHT, VARIABLE WINDS.
Fair Weather Indicated for Tonight
and Thursday.


Forecast till pm Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, fair tonight and Thursday;
light variable winds, becoming southerly.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The southwest low has made some prog
ress eastward. 1t is central this morning
in southern Colorado, and gives promise
of moving east-northeast during the day.
The high, central Tuesday morning north
Of Lake Superior, has moved to the mouth
of the St. Lawrence and reinforced the
area Of high pressure which has occupied
that region, except for few brief periods
since the first of the month.
The weather has cleared in the eastern
districts, and there has been no rain, ex-
cept in the upper lake region, the upper
Mississippi valley and the Rocky mountain
plateau regions.
1t is warmer in the middle Mississippi
valley, where the temperature is from
twenty-five degrees to thirty degrees above
the seasonal average. Lower temperatures
prevail in the plateau region and the south
west.
in the lower lake region, and there will be
rain Thursday in the Ohio valley, Tennes-
see and the east gulf states.
Somewhat lower temperatures will pre-
vail Thursday in the lower Ohio and lower
Mississippi valleys.
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coasts will continue fresh north
easterly; on the east gulf fresh northeast
erly, becoming southeasterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northeasterly winds
and cloudy weather to the Grand Banks.
Special river bulletin: The Ohio river has
quence the Mississippi river. while slightly
higher at Memphis, can rise but little more.
The stage at the last-named point this
morning is 1915 feet. The situation below
h1ix, fNl1
Vicksburg. 1913 feet, rise of O.3 foot; New
Orleans. 1913, a rise Of Oh foot.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at ppm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures II, 4 pm, 81; 8 p.
M, 81; - midnight, 81. March Is. am,
IS: am, At; II noon, 65; 2 pm, 60.
Maximum. SO at pm, March Is; mini
mum, 43 at am, March 49,
Barometer-March II, pm. 1920; 8 p.
M, 1922; IL midnight, 3O27 March IS, 4
In, 1927; 8 am, 3O.34; noon, 3O.37; 2 p.
m, 1898.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature, SO; condi-
ton, q. Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
SO; condition at north connection, 30; con-
dition at south. connection, 30. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, DO, Gun
dition at influent gate house, q; condition
at effiuent gate house. 49, Washington city
reservoir, temperature, So; condition at in
fluent, 10; condition at ef1uent, 8.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 5:33 am. and 6:12 pm
high tide IL "a am. and AS pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:22 am and 7:O5
pm; high tide, 1910 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, sos am; sun sets, sos
pm.
Moon rises, II 40 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:O7 am.
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 flf-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
fortY-6Ye minutes before sunrise.