Evening star., 1904-03-17
1NonEAs1No cLoUD1NEss.
Rain in Early Morning and ON Friday
Warmer. SD

Warmer. wd
Forecast till pm. Friday: e
For the District of Columbia.i Delaware
and Maryland, increasing cloudness to-
night. followed by rain In early morning
and on Friday; warmer Friday; variable
winds. becoming fresh southeasterly.
For Virginia. rain and warmer tonight
and Friday; variable winds, becoming fresh
southeasterly. Jr
Minimum temperature past twenty -four
hours, 25; a year ago, 49,.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The southwestern depression has adj
vanced northeastward to southern Missouri
A second depression is approaching the
north Pacific coast with a tendency to
move southeastward over the plateau re-
gion. The area of high pressure that COW
cred the lake region and southeastern
states Wednesday morning has moved east
ward to the middle Atlantic states, and a
second high mas appeared IN the British
northwest 3a@
Fair weather has prevailed in eastern dis
tricts, the Rocky mountain region and ex-
treme southwest. There has been rain in
the Mississippi valley and on the Pacific
coast north Of central California, also over
the northern plateau region.
Warmer weather prevails in the interior
valleys and over the plateau region. It is
somewhat colder in New England. the east
ern portion of the middle Atlantic states
and over the southern slope region.
Rain is indicated for the Ohio valley,
east gulf states, the middle Atlantic states
and snow or rain over the lower lakes to-
night. There will be rain Friday in the mid
die and south Atlantic states, the upper
Ohio valley and the lower lake region.
Temperatures will be somewhat higher In
all parts of the Washington forecast dis
trict tonight and Friday, except that it
will be colder Friday in the lower Ohio
r1avy 4 cfotn
The winds along the middle and south At
lantic coast will shift to easterly and south
easterly and become fresh Friday morning;
on the east gulf coast fresh east to south
east winds will shift to westerly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Pacific coast at Eureka. Mendocino, Bragg.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours Little Rock. LAO.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light northerly winds and
fair 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:
Barometer-March 16: PM, AZ; pm,
SO; IL midnight, 49, March II: am, 3C6
am, 80; II noon, 40; pm, 43. Maxi
mum, 43, at 2 pm. March II; minimum, %,
at 6:45 a. m. March II.
BarOmeter-March ID: PM, 30ZS: B
pm, sc. SO; IL midnight, 3O.42 March II:
4 am, 30.4S; s am, 30.53; noon, 3O4S; 2
PM, 3O41.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature 3S; condi-
tion, 10; Dalecarlia reservoir temperature.
81; condition at north connection. g.; con-
dition at south connection. 4; Georgetown
distributing reservoir. temperature, 80; con-
dition at inf1uent gatehouse. 3; condition
at effluent gatehouse. 2; Washington city
reservoir, temperature "a; condition at in
fluent, 2; condition at efluent, 2
Tide Table,. n
Today-Low tide, 2:24 am and 2:42 pm. |;
high tide, 500 am. and 8:28 pm.
TomorrOw-Low tide, 2:5S am and 3:19
p.m.; high tide S:45 am and 9:05 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, ell am.5 sun sets.
sos pm. Or
Tomorrow-sun rises sos a.m.Y
Moon sets, $50 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-five minutes before sunrise.