Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-04
WARMER TONIGHT.
Rain Tonight and Thursday; Light
Variable Winds.

Variable Winds.
Forecast till pm. Thursday: For Della
ware and Maryland, cloudy tonight and
Thursday, probably rain; light variable
winds.
For the District of Columbia, rain tonight
and Thursday; warmer tonight; light va
riable winds.
For Virginia, rain tonight and Thursday;
variable winds. mostly light to fresh east
to northeast.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
High pressure over Atlantic coast dis
tricts continues to dominate the weather
east of the Rocky mountains The depres-
sion, central Tuesday morning in Nevada,
has made little progress eastward. Press
ure continues low throughout the plateau
region and in the southwest. A second
area Of high pressure has advanced south
easterly from Manitoba and will move east
erly during the day, reinforcing the east
ern high by Thursday.
Rain has fallen in South Carolina, Georgia,
the gulf states, the middle Mississippi val
ley and the lower Missouri valley, and snow
in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota, and
locally In the Rocky mountain and plateau
regions. Rain his also fallen in California
and southern Arizona.
1t is warmer in Tennessee, the lower Ohio
valley and New England.
Cloudy, unsettled weather with rain will
continue in the gulf and south Atlantic
states, Tennessee and the lower ONO val
ley tonight and Thursday, and the rain
area will probably extend into the middle
Atlantic states and lower lake region
Thursday.
The temperature changes will not be i'm
portant.
Fresh northeasterly winds will continue
along the south Atlantic coast and fresh
southeasterly on the east guif coast; on the
middle Atlantic coast the winds Will be
mostly light and variable.
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ports will have light westerly winds and
fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Galveston, 1.76; Mobile,
$50.
The crest of the Ohio river flood will pass
the Cincinnati district today. The river is
1.6 foot above the danger line at Evans
vile, and the rise will begin at Cairo to-
tionary at 34.3 feet but will again begin
to rise in day or two. The river at Vicks-
burg has passed the danger line. south
east wind has caused further rise of 0.5
foot at New Orleans. and the river Is now
at a stage of 17.2 feet, 2-1O foot above tine
danger line.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5, pm, %, p. m,
46: II midnight, Al. March 4, am, 81; 8
am, 80; u noon, 81; 2 pm, So. Maximum,
So, at pm, March 4; minimum, 80, at $50
am, March 4,
Barometer-March 3, 4 p. m, 1850; pm,
30.51 u midnight, 30.4S. March 4, 4 am,
3O.45; am, 30.45; noon, 3045; pm,
30 40.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
N tr1ro
ton, s. Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
40; condition at north connection 2; condi-
ton at south connection, l. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, 40; con-
dition at infiuent gatehouse, 1; condition at
effluent gatehouse, 1. Washington city res
ervoir, temperature, Al condition at inf1u-
ent, 2; condition at effluent, 8.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, $50 "a m. and 6:1O pm;
high tide. 81 am. and :19 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, GIT am. and 7:O4
pm; high tide, 1920 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, $50 am; sun sets, 5:54
pm.
Moon sets, II 81 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 500 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha 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.