Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-16
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Thursday Fair; Fresh Northwestsrly
Winds Indicated.


Forecast It'll PM gThurssIay-For the
District Of Columbia, fair and cold tonight;
minimum temperature Tbout "a degrees.
Thursday fair; fresh northwesterly winds.
For Delaware and Maryland, fair, colder
tonight Thursday fair; fresh northwestern
ly winds.
For Virginia, fair and cold tonight
Thursday fair; fresh nsrthwesterly Winds
becoming variable
Minimum temperature past otwenty-four
hours. 81; year ago, ~.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The dominating feature Of the weather map
this morning is an area Of high pressure
that stretches from the lake region to Flor
ida. 1t has caused a general lowering Of
the temperature in the east and south, with
frost in the southeastern states, except
Florida
Pressure continues low over the Canadian
maritime provinces, and a depression COW
ers the extreme southwest.
Fair weather has prevailed in all dis
trtcts, except along the lower lakes, where
snow hurries have continued.
1t is somewhat colder in the east and
south and warmer over the eastern slope of
the Rocky mountains and the southwest.
Fair weather is probable tonight and
Thursday in all parts of the Washington
forecast district, except Tennessee, the
lower Mississippi valley and east gulf
states, where rain is indicated Thursday.
1t will be colder tonight in eastern New
York, eastern Pennsylvania and along the
lower lakes. Somewhat higher tempera-
lures will prevail in the lower Mississippi
valley and Tennessee Thursday.
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coast will be fresh north to north
west; on the east gulf coast northeasterly
shifting to southeasterIy.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northwesterly 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 p. m. yesterday:
Thermometer-March 10: 4 pm, 80: 8
pm, 80; IL midnight, 80. March 49, am,
"a; In, "a; IL noon, So; . pm. A. Max
imum, Al, at pm. March IL; minimum, 81,
at am. March 16
Barometer-March 10: p.m $3.50: 8
pm. 1904; IL midnight, 30.OS. March 16:
4 an, 30.14; am, 1923; noon, 1927: 2
pm, 1926.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 49, condi-
ton, q. Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature
~ NoiNiSou at iioItH COHIleCtlOn, con-
dition at south connection, 4. GEORGETOWN
distributing reservoir, temperature, SO; con-
oltlon at 1nf1uent gatehouse, 8; condition
at eff1uent gatehouse, 1. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 38; condition at in
fluent, 1; condition at effiuent, 2
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1:49 am. and 2:O5 p.m.
high tide, 1888 a. m. and 1862 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:24 am and 2:42
DIN. enc q ay1JS 90
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:12 am; sun sets,
6:07 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. elf am.
Moon rises $50 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.