Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-10
COOLER wEk7HER,
southerly, Shifting to Westerly Winds,
PredictedY

PredictedY
Forecast till pm. Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, showers tonight and Thursday: cooler
Thursday; fresh southerly, shifting to
westerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty -four
hours, SIS; year-ago, W
Weather condition and general forecast:
The barometric depression that occupied
Iowa and southern Minnesota Tuesday
region. attended by showers and thunder
storms from the upper Mississippi valley
and the western lake region over the Ohio
valley. The center OF me high barometer
New England states Tuesday has moved
eastward over the Atlantic. and the south
east winds following It's passage have been
attended by showers In the middle Atlantic
states Local rains. heavy in localities,
have continued in the south Atlantic and
east gulf states.
The Temperature has risen generally east
of the Mississippi, and has fallen from the
Lake Superior region southWestWard TO the
middle Rocky mountain slope.
Showers and thunder storms are indi-
Gated for the middle Atlantic states, lower
lake region and the Ohio valley, and show
ers will continue in the south Atlantic anu
east gulf states.
The temperature will fall tonight in the
Ohio valley and lower lake region and in
the middle Atlantic states Thursday.
Along the middle Atlantic coast fresh to
brisk southerly winds will shift to west
erly: on the south Atlantic and east gull
coasts fresh southerly winds will prevail.
and on the lower lakes brisk southerly
winds will shift to northwesterly, with
thunder squalls.
The following heavy precipitation I'm
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Tampa, LA: Macon
LAC; Port Eads, 200; Okolona, Ala, 2W
Alapaha, Ga, 20.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk southerly
winds and showers to the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours begin
ming at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermome ter-August y: 4 pm, IT.; q
pm. 10; 10 midnight, 60. August 10:
am, II; 8 am, "a; II noon, So pm, So
Maximum, So, at pm: August 10; mini
mum, 60 at 1890 m August 10. Barom-
eter-August o: 4 pm, 30.35; pm, n.34;
- midnight, 1870. August 10: M, 30 %;
am, 30 26; noon, 1922; pm, 3O.17.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by At
fleck's standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: am. 70 degrees; y noon, 81 de-
greeS; pm, III degrees
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Dalecarlia reservoir, 70; condition at
north connection, s: condition at south con-
nection g. Georgetown distributing reser-
voir, temperature, 8. condition at lnfiuent
gate house, Il: condition at effiuent gate
house H. Washington city reservoir. tenn
perature 70; condition at influent, %; con-
dition at effluent SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1874 am. and 10 p. m. !;
high tide $3.50 am and 1902 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 81 am. and 2:1O
pm; high tide, Z 80 am. and 1857 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:07 am; sun sets, 7:O2
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, sos am.
Moon rises, 500 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 fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Water.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, August 10.
The Potomac is clear and the Shenandoah
muddy here today. =i-fH