Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-02
SHOWERS TONIGHT,
But Light and Fresh Variable Winds
Are Predicted for Tomorrow.

Are Predicted for Tomorrow.
Forecast till 8 pm. Wednesday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia. showers tonight and Wednes-
day; light to fresh variable winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 81; year ago, g.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Showers have occurred in the eastern and
southern states and fair weather has pre-
vailed in the west and northwest.
The temperature has fallen from the
Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast,
and is generally below the seasonal average
except in the northern Rocky mountain
districts.
The area of high barometer that occupied
the Dakotas Monday morning has extended
slowly eastward and southeastward. The
depression that occupied the st. Lawrence
valley has deepened, and now covers the
middle and north Atlantic states, and the
barometer is low in the lower Mississippi
valley The barometer is also low in the
extreme northwest. There are no present
indications of the development of a general
storm.
The barometer will continue relatively
low with showers and moderate tempera-
lures in the Atlantic and gulf states, and
fair weather with moderate temperatures
will continue in the Ohio valley and the
lake region.
winds will be light to fresh and variable,
and on the lower lakes light to fresh north
! erly winds will become variable.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
| twenty-four hours: Washington, 40; Chat
tanooga, 2.92: Memphis, LA. New York,
l72: Tampa, 2.2S.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh winds, mostly west
erly, and partly cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
thermometer and barometer at the weather
| bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures l. pm, rs; pm,
am, H. IL noon, II; pm, 81.
Maximum. So, at pm, August 2; mini
mum, 50. at am, August 2.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS i, p m, 29e6; pm,
9.98; II midnight, 1898; August 2, am,
90 49, S am, 20. 80; neon. z. 98; pm, q. 96.
Downtown Temperatures.
The temperature registered today by Az
fleck's standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: am, TO; II noon, So, pm, So.
Up-River Water.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, August 2
The Potomac is clear and the Shenandoah
very cloudy here today.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
- am: Great Falls, temperature, -; con-
dition, =; Dalecarlfa reservoir, temperature.
| 81; condition at north connection, 3; condi-
ton at south connection, &; Georgetown
distributing reservoir temperature. 80; con-
dition at infiuent gatehouse, 16; condition at
eff1uent gatehouse, %; Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 70; condition at in
| fluent, %; condition at effiuent, %.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide sos am. and 6:21 pm;
high tide, 11:46 am.
Tomorrow-Low tide, $40 am. and $3.50
| D M; high tide, 1915 am. and 1921 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today Sun rises, 8 am; sun sets III
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, Sol am
Moon rises, 1890 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 fff-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
| forty five minutes before sunrise.