Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-12
OCCASIONAL RAIN.
Cloudy Tonight and Thursday; Light,
Variable Winds.

Forecast till s PM Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, cloudy tonight and Thursday, with
occasional rain; light variable winds, be-
coming fresh easterly.
For Virginia cloudy tonight and Thurs
day, with occasional rain, colder tonight,
except in central portion; fresh northeast
erly winds, increasing.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 81; year ago, so.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The area If low pressure that occupied At
lantic coast districts and the southwest
Tuesday morning is drifting slowly east
ward. The greatest barometric depression
this morning, however, is off the Alabama
coast, where fresh disturbance seems to
be forming. Several centers of low pres
sure appear along the northern boundary,
also over the northern plateau region
There has been a steady fall in the barom-
eter during the last few days, so that it is
everywhere below 30 inches this morning.
Rain has fallen in Atlantic and gulf coast
districts, and snow continues in northern
Arizona and southwestern Colorado. Snow
has set in over eastern Montana and North
Dakota.
1t is colder in the Ohio valley and the
middle Atlantic states.
Unsettled weather, with rain, is indicated
for the south Atlantic and east gulf states
Rain is also probab BILE Thursday in the east
ern portion of the middle Atlantic states
1t will be colder tonight and Thursday in
the south Atlantic and east gulf states
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh north to northeast. increasing
on the south Atlantic coast fresh to brisk
southerly, and on the east gulf coast fresh
rOrthwestery.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Flagstaff, 1.06 Duran
CO. las; New Orleans, LOO.
steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh northwest to
north winds and cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks.
Note.-The display of storm warnings on
Lakes Michigan. Huron, ST. Clair, Erie
Ontario and Pepin will be resumed for the
season on April 10. 1905, and on Lake Su-
periOr with the opening of the locks at
Sault Sainte Marie.
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-April II, pm, 70; pm.,
60; II midnight 60. April II, am, 81; 8
am, 40; - noon, 30; pm, 81. Maximum,
81, at 2:10, April II; minimum, 40, at 6
am, April -.
90 80; - midnight, 1890. April II, am,
1867; am, 2919; noon, 29'9; p.m'
29.77.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls. temperature, So; condi-
ton f. Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
81: condition at north connection, 1; condi-
ton at south connection ). GeorgetoW n
distributing reservoir, temperature, 5S; con-
dition at inf1uent gate house, Is; condition
at effiuent gate house, 10 Washington city
reservoir, temperature. 50; condition at in
fluent, 10; condition at effiuent 10.
The Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, ZIG a. m. and Sill pm;
high tide II "a a m. and 10 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, SD am and OH
p.m.; high tide, $50 am. and 2:20 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 5:29 am; sun sets, 6:33
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:2S am.
Moon sets. lbs am. 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 eXtinguiShed
4ortv-fye minutes before sunrise