Evening star., 1904-04-27
RAIN TONIGHT.
Thursday Partly Cloudy; Fresh North
easterly Winds.

Thursday Partly Cloudy; Fresh North
easterly Winds.
Forecast till pm. Thursday:
For the District of Columbia. Delaware
and Maryland, rain tonight. Thursday
partly cloudy; fresh northeasterly winds,
becoming northwesterly
For Virginia, fair In western. rain in
eastern portion tonight; colder in extreme
southeast portion. Thursday partly cloudy;
variable winds, becoming northwesterly.
Minimum temperature past twenty four
hours, 4S; a year ago, A.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The storm, central Tuesday morning in
western North Carolina. has moved very
little in the last twenty-four hours. Press
ure has Increased over New England. how
ever, and caused rather sharp gradients
and brisk northeasterly winds along the
middle Atlantic coast. The unusually slow
movement of the storm has also prevented
the weather from clearing in the upper
Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic states.
The upper lake region high has made little
progress eastward and the depression over
the plateau region has not yet crossed the
Rocky mountains.
Rain has fallen in the middle and south
Atlantic states, the Ohio valley. eastern
Tennessee and southern New England. Lo-
cal rains have also fallen on the Pacific
coast ana the plateau region.
Temperatures have fallen In the south
eastern states and are now generally be-
low the seasonal average east OF the Rocky
mountains.
The weather will continue cloudy and
rainy in the middle Atlantic states tonight,
and showers are also probable in the lower
lake region.
The temperature changes will be irregu-
lar and unimportant.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be brisk to high northeasterly; on the
south Atlantic coast fresh northwesterly:
on the east gulf coast mostly fresh north
west to north.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Charleston to Eastport.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
tnches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours:
Lexington, 1.26; Hatteras, 1.1O: Atlantic
City, 1.3S.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk easterly winds and
rain to the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer-April 26, pm. 55; pm,
am, 80: 12 noon, 40: 2 pm. 40.
am' Mns'@um 49, at % S5 at m Rpr Pm a. ApFl 2e mini
Barometer-April %. pm, 29.S1; pm,
1888; IL midnight, 29.s1. April q, am,
2975: am, 29.17; noon, $3.50; pm,
$3.50.
Resumption of Storm Warnings on the
Lakes.
The display of storm warnings will be re-
sumed for the season on Lakes Ontario,
Erie, st. Clair, Huron. Michigan and Pepin
May 1, and on Lake Superior with the OPEN
ing of the locks at Saulty Sainte Marie.
Mich.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature. SO; condi-
tion, 36; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
5S; condition at north connection, 80; con-
dtion at south connection. SO; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, SO; con-
dtion at influent gatehouse, SO; condition
at effiuent gatehouse, SO; Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 56; condition at in
fluent 36; condition at efffuent, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 12:15 am; high tide,
5:4 a. and sos pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, t2:35 am. and 1:1O
pm; high tide, 6:2S a. N. and pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rises, 500 am: sun SETS GAS
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, sos am.
Moon sets, 4:25 am. tomorrow.
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 tif-
teen minutes after sunset and exunguished
fOrty-fiye minutes before sunrise.