Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-14
COOLER THURSDAY.
Rain Tonight and Thursday; Increas
ing Northerly Winds.

lug NoTt0orly W1uQ6s
| Forecast till 8 pm. Thursday: For the
| District OF Columbia. rain tonight and
| Thursday. cooler Thursday: increasing
northerly winds
For Maryland. rain tonight. Thursday
| cloudy and cooler, rain in eastern and fair
| In western portioni/ increasing northerly
winds
For Virginia. rain tonight. Thursday
| cloudy and cooler, rain in eastern portion,
brisk to high northerly winds
Maximum temperature past twenty-f ou,
| hours, u; year ago. 81.
| Weather conditions and general forecast:
During Tuesday afternoon a disturbance
approached the Carolina coast from the
southeast, and the pressure has since been
falling rapidly in that vicinity, with accom-
panying high winds and rain. The disturb
ance over the north has also deepened con-
slderably, and is central this morning over
Lake Superior The two storms have
caused general showers from the Mississippi
valley eastward, except in New England
and the east gulf states The west Is COW
cred by marked high pressure, with a
cold wave, the line of freezing temperature
extending into southwestern Nebraska.
Frost extended as far south as northern
Kansas.
The southern sorm will probably move
northward through the Atlantic states, at
tended by rain and high winds tonight and
Thursday over the middle and northern
districts. In the south rain tonight will be
followed by fair weather Thursday. There
will be rain tonight in the Ohio valley and
lower lake region, continuing Thursday IN
the eastern lower lake region. There will
also be showers in the east gulf states.
1t VIII be much cooler tonight in the
Ohio valley and lower lake region, and on
Thursday in the Atlantic and east gulf
states and lower lake region.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
vyy{n hn hrx1 ,i~I, l. wiz
on the Virginia and Carolina coast they
will be high and shifting, becoming north
westerly; on the Georgia coast brisk north
westerly; on the Florida and east gulf
coasts fresh and mostly northerly, and on
the lower lakes brisk southwest to north
west.
Storm warnings are displayed from Sa-
vannah to New York.
The following heavy precipitation On
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: San Antonio. 3.72; Cor
pus Christi, LIZ; Davenport, Ito; Wharton,
Tex, 1.60.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will hay We fresh to brisk northeasterly
winds, with rain. to the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-F 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:
hermometer-September 13. 4 PM, CO.;
pm, 50; ~ midnight. 66. September IA.
4 am, &c; am, SO; IL noon, II; pm, Il.
Maximum, Y, at Y noon, September IA;
minimum, &c. at am, September IA.
Observation-Disclosures 10, pm, 1921; 8
pm, 80, %; IL midnight, 1921. september
IA, am. 80 10; 8 am, 3O.13; noon, 30 05;
pm. 3O.0O
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition OF water
at am: Great Falls, temperature, 73;
condition, 16; Dalecarlia reservoir. tempera-
ture. "A; condition at north connection. 4;
town distributing reservoir. temperature
rs: condition at inf1uent gate house, SO:
condition at eff1uent gate house. SO; Wash
1ngtOn city reservoir, temperature, "a; con-
dtiOn at inf1uent, SO; condition at ef-
fluent, 80.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 5;3s am. and 5:54 pm; ;
high tide, II 27 am. and II: 80 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:34 am. and $50
pm; high tide 1919 am.
The Sun and Moon
Today-Sun rises, 5:39 am; sun sets,
6:14 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, $40 am.
Moon sets, 9:49 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishng begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
fcrty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va, September
14.-Both rivers are very cloudy here to-
day.