Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-07
FAIR TONIGHT AND COLDER.
Light Westerly Winds Are In
Dictated

Dictated.
Forecast TIL pm. Tuesday-For the Dis.
trict OF Columbia. fair tonight and Tuesday,
colder tonight; light westerly winds.
For Delaware and Maryland. fair ana
colder tonight. with frost In exposed places.
Tuesday fair; light northwest to west
winds
For Virginia, fair and colder tonight.
with frost in the mountain districts. Tues
day fair; light north to west winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty four
hours. IS; a year ago. II.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The area Of cool weather has now over
spread the greater portion of the country
east of the Rocky mountains. In the south
Atlantic and east gulf states the tempera-
ture Is still relatively high. but 1t Is ex-
pe,ted to fall soon as the rain ceases.
Frost was generally reported this morning
In the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. and
freezing temperatures with snow on the
upper peninsula of Michigan.
General rain has fallen in the gulf statea
and Atlantic coast districts. except In
Florida.
Rain and cooler weather is indicated for
tonight along the south Atlantic coast and
Florida, continuing in the last named Tues
day.
1t will be warmer Tuesday in the Ohio
valley.
The winds along the middle and south
Atlantic coasts will be fresh northwest 70
north: on the east gulf coast fresh and
variable, becoming northeasteriy. and ON
the lower lakes light and variable.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Lynchburg. 1.20: Vicka-
burg. LA: Block Island, 102: Atlantic City,
LIP; Montgomery, 1874; Meridian. 1-34:
Camak, Ga, 1.60; Washington, Ca, LEO;
Clanton, Ala, 1.62: Fort Deposit. Ala. 2.Oe:
Goodwater Ala. 1.50; Marion, Ala. l.62:
nrn,-l r NJ Cal, 10 vtxNA
Springs. Ala, 100; Livingston, Ala, Lb2:
Waynesboro, Miss, 100.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh and variable winds
and showers, followed by fair weather 70
the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of tho
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-May 6, pm, Go: pm:
ST. IL midnight, o. May Z. am. 81:
q. M, So; IL noon IS: pm, CO.
Maximum. 6S, at p.m May q; minimum,
30, at 8 am, May Z.
Barometer-May 6. pm, $3.50; pm.
%. SO; II midnight, 2a.s1 May Z. am,
% SO: am, .93; noon. 1898; 2 pm. 29.94.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 12:46 am. and LA PM
high tide, Gal am. and T:12 pm.
Tomorrow--Low tide. 1:40 am. and 2:1e
pm: high tide. 7:34 am. and sos pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 4:5I am; sun SETS 6:58
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 45S am.
Moon sets, 500 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 If
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature. 60: condi-
ton %; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
ct; condition at north connection. Is; con-
dition at south connection. 20; Georgetown
condition at inf1uent gate house, 10; condi-
ton at effiuent gate house. 20; Washington
city reservoir temperature. GA: condition at
lnfuentv IA; condition at effluent. II.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, May l.
The Potomac is slightly cloudy and the
Shenandoah is clear.
Table showing equivalent turbidities as
obtained for the Washington aqueduct by
the old and new methods.
The numbers reported by the United
States geological survey method give ap-
proximately the weight of mud carried
oe l. 600 600 by weight of water.