Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-29
PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARMER
Wednesday Partly Cloudy, Light to
Fresh Winds

Forecast till y pm Wednesday: For the
| District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir-
gnia, partly cloudy and warmer tonight;
Wednesday, partly cloudy; light to fresh
winds, mostly southwesterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
A pronounced disturbance has appeared
over the east Canadian maritime provinces,
having apparently moved down from the
| northeast Hudson bay country 1t has
caused general, though light rains in west
ern and southern New England and the
middle states There were also light show
ers along the gulf coast, in the northern
upper lake and central Rocky mountain
| regions and on the extreme north Pacific
coast.
from the lower lake region eastward, and
have fallen in the extreme northwest They
are still below the seasonal average in the
Atlantic and gulf states.
There will be showers tonight in New
England and the northern portion of the
middle Atlantic states, and on Wednesday
in the western lower lake region. There
will also be local showers tonight and We'd
nesday in the east gulf states and eastern
Florida.
Temperatures will rise in the south and
remain nearly stationary in the north and
east.
The winds along the New England coast
will be fresh to brisk southwest to west
on the middle Atlantic coast fresh south
west to west; on the south Atlantic coast
light to fresh and mostly northeasterly; on
the east gulf coast light to fresh northeast
to east, and on the lower lakes light to
fresh and mostly southwesterly.
The following heavy precipitation Tin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Sydney, IT,
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk southwesterly
winds, with showers 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:
Thermometer-August %, 4 pm. "a; 8
pm. 81; 12 midnight, Ga August 90 4
M, 50; Am, GA; ~ noon so; 2 p.m "a
Maximum. 81 at pm, August %; min
imum. 80 at pm. August %
Observation-Disclosures Is, 4 pm, 3o14; .
pm. &c. 10; ~ midnight, 3OOS. August 90 4
a. m, 80 O6; s m, 1904; noon, SO. 90; 2 o. m.
1896.
Maximum temperature past twenty four
hours, 81; year ago, 10.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 5:25 am; sun sets e:35
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:26 am.
Moon rises 800 a m. 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 eXtingushed
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
8 am: Great Falls, temperature, 20; con-
dition, 3; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature
49, condition at north connection, 3; condi-
ton at south connection, 3; Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir, temperature, 20; condi-
ton at infiuent gate house, 8; condition at
effiuent gate house, g.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, August o.
Both rivers are muddy here today.