Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-02
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.
Partly Cloudy Weather Tonight anG
Saturday.

Forecast till 8 pm Saturday: For the
District of Columbia and Maryland, partly
cloudy weather tonight and Saturday with
| occasional showers; light to fresh south
erly winds.
For Virginia, partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday, with occasional showers in north
ern portion; light to fresh southerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-f four
hours, 80; a year ago, a.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The poorly defined disturbance which COW
cred the middle west Thursday morning
has resolved itself into a well-developed
storm, ana has moved northeastward to
western Lake Superior accompanied by
heaVy rains and some high winds. The rain
area for the past twenty-four hours covers
the northern half of the country east of
the Rocky mountains; and there have also
been scattered local showers in the south
and extreme southwest. sf44a
Temperatures have risen generally from
the ONO valley and lake region eastward,
ana nave fallen in the Missouri valley the
slope and central Rocky mountain regions
There will be showers tonight in the Ohio
valley, followed by fair weather Saturday;
there will be showers tonight and Saturday
in the lake region, middle Atlantic states
and New England, and local showers Sat
urday in the south. 1t will be cooler in the
lower lake region and Ohio valley.
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coasts the winds will be fresh to brisk
south to southwest; on the south Atlantic
coast light to fresh east to southeast; on
the east gulf coast light to fresh east to
south, and on the lower lakes brisk to high
south to southwest
Storm warnings are displayed on the
great lakes.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
lnches) has been reported during the past
tWenty-four hours: st. Paul, PIG; Moor
head, 1.2O; Duluth, 1.5S; Grand Rapids, l.3S:
La Crosse, 1876: Green Bay. 1.36; Marquette,
LEO; Houghton, 1876; Escanaba 2.36
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh south to southwest
winds, with showery 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-Septembe L nm Al. &
pm, 10; IL midnight, 70. September 2,
I'm II; I'M, %; IL noon 81; 2 pm, SO.
Maximum, 50, at pm. September 2; mini
mum 20, at 8 am September 2 Barom-
eter-September l, pm, 3O.06; 8 pm,
5000; Y midnight, 3O.Os. September 2,
a m, 5oOI; am, 30.12; noon, 1910; 2 p.m,
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by At
neckss standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: y a. M, so degrees; II noon SO de-
Condition of the Water.
temperature and condition of water at 8
m: Great Falls, temperature, II; condi-
lioh 80, Dalecarlia reservoir temperature
'o' CONDITION at north connection, "a condi-
uoi at south connection, %. Georgetown
oiistrio9tlng reservoir, temperature, 70; con-
oinoh at lniluent gatehouse, 81; condition at
enluent gatehouse, 80. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 70; condition at in
hueht 81; condition at effiuent, SO.
Tide Table.
Ioday-Low tide, 1902 I'm. and 7:O1 pm:
hlgh tlde, l222 am. and 1899 pm
IomorroW-Low tide 1857 am and 1857
pm hgh tide, lib am. and 81 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rises, 5:2S am; sun sets, 6:3l
pm.
Iomorrow-Sun rises, 500 am.
Moon rises, 1853 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
~. .i nteu Dy thirty minutes after sunset; -x-
,ii,suIsnihg begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc ana lncandescent lamps lighted fif-
zen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished'
Aorty-nVe minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Water.
special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
-, HARPER'S FERRY, VIVA, September
~'Do'h rivers are clear here today.