Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-23


land fair and continued cool tonight.
Wednesday fair; fresh northerly winds.
For Virginia, fair and colder tonight.
Wednesday, fair; fresh northeast to north
winds.
Maximum temperature past twentyfour
hours, 10; year ago, -.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The dominating feature of this morning s
weather map is an area of high pressure
that has built up over the lake region with
in the last thirty-six hours. 1t has extended
during the night southweStward into the
middle Mississippi valley, and has caused
a general lowering of the temperature In
that region. The area of low pressure GEN.
trail Monday morning in Arkansas has drift
ed slowly southeastward, and now overlies
the east gulf states. The barometer has
risen west of the Rocky mountains, and
fair weather has prevailed in that district,
where rain has fallen. Rain has also fallen
in the south Atlantic and gulf states, ex-
cept Texas; also in Arkansas, Tennessee,
eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The temperature continues below the sea-
sonal average in northern and eastern dis
tricts east of the Rocky mountains.
Rainy weather will continue in the east
gulf and south Atlantic states tonight and
Wednesday.
Cool weather will continue in northeastern
districts for several days.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will. be mostly fresh northerly on the south
Atlantic coast fresh north to northeast; on
the east gulf coast light and variable, and
on the lower lakes light northerly.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Hatteras, lbs; SPRING
field, Mo-, 1902; New Orleans, 1.60; Nash
vile, 2.7S; Chattanooga, 2.10; Tacoma, 1872;
North Head, 1.02.
Steamers departing today for European
ut, nil hnt- 1t.yhY !, n
winds 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 begin
ming at pm yesterday:
Thermometer-May %, pm, 10; pm,
81; II midnight, 55. May %, 4 am, o5; 8
am, Sc; u noon, IS: 2 pm, 6s. Maximum
70, at 3 pm, May %; minimum, %, at q
am. May %.
Barometer-May %, pm, 1894; pm,
29.91; u midnight, 29.S9 May 90, am
% 90; am, 5000; noon, 2999; 2 pm, 23.9S.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, SAG am. and GOO pm.
high tide, 1.36 am.
Tomorrow-Low tide, GA am and 7:15
p. m. high tide, 1912 am. and 1870 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, AZ am; sun sets, I:12
pm.
TomorrOw-Sun rises, 4:4 am.
Moon rises, IL 80 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 fif
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-fve minutes before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 66: condi-
ton. s; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
50; condition at north connection, 6; con-
dition at south connection. 6. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, Is; con-
dition at infiuent gate house. Z; condition at
effluent gate house, 8. Washington city
reservoir. temperature, 6S; condition at in
fluent, -; condition at efuent, 49,