Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-23

Friday Showers and Warmer; Fresh
East to Southeast Winds.

> 3 = a
East to Southeast Winds.
Forecast till p.m.,Hr1daS: For the
District of Columbia and Maryland. show
ers late tonight. Friday showers and
warmer; fresh east to spptheast Winds
For Virginia, cloudy tonight, showers in
western and northern IporticAs. Friday
showers. warmer in eastern portion; fresh
to brisk easterly winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty -four
hours, 80; year ago, "a. -
Weather conditions ana general forecast:
The Ohio river at Pfttsburg has fallen
nearly five feet since Wednesday morning,
and is still falling steadily. At Parkers-
burg the stage this morning was 41.6 feet,
Sc above the danger line. and a rise of 30
feet since Wednesday morning.
The pressure is low in the slope region,
the Mississippi valley and upper lake re-
gion, with the principal center OF disturb
ance over eastern North Dakota. and a
secondary one over southeastern Iowa.
There have been local rains in the upper
Mississippi valley, upper lake region, the
northwest, central Rocky mountain region,
and the northern districts west of the
mountains. In the east and south the
weather has been generally fair.
Temperatures have risen Considerably in
the upper Mississippi valley. where they
are ten to eighteen degrees above the sea-
sonal average. They have fallen some
what in the extreme central west.
The weather will be cloudy tonight and
Friday in the upper Ohio valley, lower lake
region and middle Atlantic states, with
occasional rains. In the south it will be
generally fair.
1t will be somewhat warmer Friday in
the Atlantic states. and colder in the Ohio
valley and western upper lake region.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be fresh to brisk east to southeast;
on the south Atlantic coast fresh east to
southeast, and on the east Gulf coast fresh
east to southeast, shifting to northwesterly
during Friday.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
"a hours: Jupiter. 1.56.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk east to south
east winds, with partly cloudy weather to
the Grand Banks. s.;r
Records for Twenty-four Hours.
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday
Thermometer-March %, pm, As; 8
3S; am, 81; II noon, AZ; 2 pm, 46.
Maximum, II at 3 pm. March 90 mini
mum SO, at $3.50 m, March %.
Barometer-March %, pm. O23; 8
4 am, 5000; s am. 3037; noon, So.3S; 2
pm, 30S4.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide Sol am. and 4:24 pm. !;
high tide, 9:45 am. and 1914 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 4:41 am. and SIG
pm; high tide. 1876 am. and 11:O4 pm.
The Sun and Moon
Today-Sun rose In; sun sets GA p.m
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:59 a. m. Moon rises
9:27 pm. F.
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 eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am. March IS: Great Falls, temperature,
"A; condition, g. Dalecarlia reservoir, tenn
perature, 46; condition at north connection,
/; condition at south connection, 3. George
town distributing reservoir temperature
46; condition at infiuent gate house. 6; con-
dition at effiuent gate house, g.. Washington
city reservoir, temperature. Al; condition at
infiuent g; condition at eff1uent, f.