Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-17

W
land, fair tonight and Thursday; fresh
westerly winds, becoming variable
For Virginia, fair tonight and Thurs
day; cooler in eastern Sportion tonight;
fresh westerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, So; year ago, ~
Weather conditions and general fore
cast.-The slight barorr0 rio depression
that occupied Lake HurQ,. tuesday, morn
ing has advanced over The St Lawrence
valley. attended by showers and thunder
storms in the middle eastern and north
eastern states. Showers have also oc-
Cured in the Lake Superior region, in
areas from North Dakota to extreme
southern Rocky mountain and plateau
districts. Moderate temperatures prevail
over the entire country, and there are no
present indications of a general storm or
q warm wave in any part of the United
States.
During the next twenty-four hours the
depression in the ST lawrence valley will
move northeastern -, and fair weather
VIII prevail over the eastern part of the
country.
There are Indications of the deyelop-
ment of a slight disturbance in the mid
die Missouri valley and the barometer is
relatively high in the northwest
Along the Atlantic coast the winds will
be fresh from the west; on the east gulf
coast the winds will be light to fresh and
variable, and on the lower lakes fresh
westerly winds will become variable.
The following heavy precipitation fin
lnches) has been reported during the pa st
twenty-four hours. saltwater, Okla. 2.7S
steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh westerly winds and
talr 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:
Ihermometer-August 10, pm. 49, 8
pm, "a; II midnight. 60; August II. am,
W; am y: II noon s3; pm, SO.
Maximum, ST. at pm. August II; mini
mum, TO- at G:%O a m, August II.
barometer-August III, pm, 2o.sN
pm. 20.90; L. midnight, 1891; August II,
4 am, 23,"2, am, 1897; noon, y. 80; 2
pm, 23.9S.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by AZ
1lecks standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: Gam, 81; II noon, 80; pm, 81.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am. Great Falls. temperature rs; con-
ditton, IS: Dalecarlia reservoir tempera-
ture, 10; condition at NORTH connection, II;
condition At south connection, I. George
town distributing reservoir, temperature
IS; condition at infuent gate house 3; con-
dition at etiuent gatehouse, u. Washington
city reservoir temperature, 20; condition at
iniiucnt. 10; condition at eftiuent, So
Tide Table.
TodaS-Low tide COO am. and ia D. H.
hiEh tide. l2:l2 am. and l2:42 pm To-
morrow-l.ow tide 1907 m and S:l1 pm.
high tide. i;l2 am. and Us pm
The Sun and Noon.
Today-Sun rises, 6:O4 a. m. sun sets 6:5A
pm. Tomorrow-Sun rises, $40 a M Moon
sets 80 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after Sunset: ex-
tnguis'Iing begun one hour before sunrise
All axe and tncandescent lamps lighted IF
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-hve minutes before sunrise
Up-River Water.
special Dispatch 10 The Evettrg Star
ilARPER'S FERRY, W. Va. August II.
Inc Potomac is cloudy ana the Shenan-
doah muddy here today