Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-29
FAIR TONIGHT.
Tuesday Partly Cloudy; Variable
Winds. ~

Wlnds. 4 %
Forecast till pm. Tuesday:
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. fair tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy;
variable winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight Tuesday part
ly cloudy; light variable winds, becoming
northerly.
Maximum temperature past twenty four
hours, "a; year ago, W.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
A moderate depression over the middle
SLOPE in conjunction WIN = n,sh area over
rains in the Missouri and upper Mississippi
valleys. Showers also continued in the
south. the plateau region and the north
Pacific states
Temperatures are still generally. though
not decidedly, below the seasonal average
over all districts east Of the Rocky noun
tains. and light frost Is reported from the
northwest portion of the Mlchigan penin-
sula.
There will be showers tonight and Tues
day in the Ohio valley and the greater por-
ton Of the lower lake region, and showers
Tuesday In the interior OF eastern New
York and eastern Pennsylvania, along the
south Atlantic coast, and IN the southern
portion OF the east gulf states.
It will be somewhat cooler in the Ohio
valley and lower lake region, and slightly
warmer in the south.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be light to fresh west 10 north; on the
south Atlantic coast light to fresh north
easterly; on the east gulf coast light to
fresh easterly, and on the lower lakes fresh
north to northeast.
Storm warnings are displayed on Lakes
Michigan and Huron.
The following heavy precipitation Tin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Port Eads, 2.62; Du-
buque, 1.O4; Pensacola, LAP; North Platte.
1886.
During the twenty-four hours ending 8
am. Sunday: Charleston, Ito; Raleigh,
200; Washington, Ga, 1872; Ozark, Ala,
21S.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh westerly
winds, with 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 pm. yesterday: ,..
Observation-Disclosures IS: - pm, 10; .
pm, 81: - midnight. Sc August. %: 4
am, 80; am, 81; II noon, 81; p. M, "a.
Maximum, 81, at ? pm August %. mini
mum, so, at am. August %. Barome ter
midnight, 5000. August %: am, 3o.06;
s am, 1907; noon, 1902; pm, 5000
Downtown Temperature.
Inc temperature TSSlStelcO touiy ny Al
feck's standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: 8 am, 70 degrees; II noon, 81 de-
grees; p. M, 81 degrees.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
s am: Great Falls, temperature, 13; con-
dtion, "a; Dalecarlia reservoir. tempera-
ture, rs; condition at north connection, 70;
condition at south connection, II. George
town distributing reservoir, temperature,
IS; condition at infiuent gate house, 1S;
condition at eff1uent gate house, q; Wash
ington city reservoir temperature, IS; con-
dtion at inf1uent, SO; condition at eff1uent,
80.
Tide Table.
Today-LOw tide, 4:12 m. and AIS p.
M; high tide, 9:57 am. and 1917 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, 40 a m. and SOP
pm; high tide, 1892 am. and 1861 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 5:2o In; sun sets, 6:37
pm. "a
Tomorrow-sun rises, 5:o5 am. -
Moon rises, S:32 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 extfnguished
forty-tive minutes before sunrise. x
Up-River Water. CT
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER's FERRY, w. va. August %.
The Potomac is clear and the Shenandoah
cloudy here today.