Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-15
FAIR; COOLER TONIGHT.
Friday Fair; Light to Fresh Northerly
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Winds.
Forecast till pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia and Maryland, fair. cool
er tonight. Friday fair; light to fresh
northerly winds.
For Virginia, fair, cooler tonight, possi-
bly, light frost in mountain districts. Fri
day fair; light to fresh north to northeast
winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, u; year ago, 90.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The Atlantic coast storm has moved rapid
ly northward with increasing intensity, and
is central this morning near the southeast
New England coast. It has been accom-
panied by northerly gales and abnormaliy
heavy precipitation. Between Washington
and Philadelphia over five inches of rain
fell, while from Philadelphia to Boston the
average fall was over three inches.
The interior Of the country Is covered by
high pressure, with cool wave, the tenn
peratures ranging from five to seventeen
degrees below the seasonal average. Frosts
occurred generally in the upper Mississippi
valley and the western upper lake region.
In addition to the rains in the Atlantic
states there were also showers in the Ohio
valley and lake region and the gulf states.
The weather will be fair tonight and FRI
day in the Ohio yalley, the lower lake re-
gion and the middle Atlantic states, with
low temperatures although 1t will be some
what warmer Friday in the Ohio valley. In
the southern portion Of the south Atlantic
and east gulf states local showers are in
dicated, with lower temperatures on the
coast.
Frosts are probable tonight in Ohio. In
terror of New York and the mountain dis
trlcts from Kentucky and North Carolina
northward.
On the New York and New Jersey coasts
l~,.;- ii
minishing tonight on the southern portion
of the middle Atlantic coast they will be
fresh northwest to north; on the south At
lantic and east gulf coasts light to fresh
north to northeast, and on the lower lakes
fresh westerly, becoming variable.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
New England coast.
The following heavy precipitation On
twenty -four hours: Washington, 500; Gal
weston. -2.2S; Corpus Christi, 2.S4: Raleigh,
2.54; Baltimore, sos; San Antonio, 2.1S;
Portland, 1.S2; Boston, $50; Mortified, 1-01 (;
5.54; New York. go; Richmond, 2e4:
Scranton, los; Binghamton, 1.4O; Cheraw,
s. c., 23S; Harper's Ferry, 1876
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have high north to northwest
winds, with clearing weather, 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 beginning
at Pm. yesterday:
Thermome ter-September IA. pm, 20;
8 pm, 50; - midnight, %. September 10,
4 am, 50; 8 am, 5S; IL noon Is; pm, 68.
Maximum, =, at 4:3O pm. September IA:
minimum, 50, at 1:a0 am. September Is.
Barorneter-September IA, 4 PM, 1898:
s pm, $3.50; 10 midnight, 1915. September
10, M, $50; am, 3O.14; noon. 30 IS;
Pm, 3O.14.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 81; condi-
70: condition at north connection, IA; condi-
ton at south connection, II. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature 70; con-
dition at infiuent gatehouse, %; condition
at effiuent gatehouse, g. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, y: condition at in
fluent, Sc; condition at effiuent. SO.
Tide Table
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:32 am and 7:4s
PM; high tide, l2:46 Am. and lit pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rises, $40 am; sun sets, 6:i2
pm.
TomoTow-sun rises, 5:41 am.
Moon sets. 1926 pm.
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-fve minutes before sunrise.
UpRiver Water.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, September
15.-The Potomac is cloudy and the Shen-
andoah is muddy here today.