Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-27
WEATHER FORECAST.
Rain Tonight and Friday; Fresh East
to Northeast Winds.

Forecast till pm. Friday:
For the District of Columbia, rain tonight
and Friday: fresh east to northeast winds.
| For Maryland and Virginia, rain tonight
and Friday; brisk northeasterly winds on
| the coast.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 10; a year ago, IS.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Inc tropical disturbance has reached the
Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana
coasts, where it Is central this morning as
storm OF great severity. Reports from
Moplie and Pensacola are missing by rea-
| son or the general prostration of telegraph
wires In the storm-swept territory.
High winds and rain prevail over Alaba-
ma, mississippi and southern Louisiana, a
maximum velocity Of forty-eight miles an
hour from the northwest being reported
this morning from New Orleans. Rain
has also fallen quite generally in the mid
Gie A.antlc and New England states. the
ONO valley and lower lake region.
An area of high pressure Of considerable
magnitude is moving eastward over the
Mississippi valley. 1t has been attended by
in scattered localities
The tropical disturbance will probably
move northward during the next twenty
-FOUR hours and cause general rains east
or the Mississippi and south of the Ohio,
attended by high winds in the lower Miss
issippi valley, the east gulf states and prob
ably Tennessee.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh and variable: on the south
Atlantic coast brisk eastery; on the Miss
lsslppi coast high northerly: on the west
Florida coast brisk to high northwesterly,
and on the lower lakes fresh northeaste
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Norfolk to jacksonville
and on the gulf coast from New Orleans
to the northern portion of the west Florida
coast.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Elkins 122; Louis
Vile. 1:14 Meridian, 1.12.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southwesterly winds
ana showery weather 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-Septem g. pm "a.
pm, IS; IL midnight. 65. September o.
am, Ga; am, 81: II noon, 20; pm, r.
Maximum. Is. at 4 pm, September 20;
minimum: g. at am. September %. :.
pm. 1928; II midnight, 1925 September
q. am, 1925; am, 1924; noon, 1924;
pm, 1921.
Tide Tables
Today-Low tide 1907 a M and 1922 p.m.;
high tide 3:O7 am and 1898 pm.
TomorroW-lloW tide, 11:lO a. m. and IL :2S
pm; high tide, 4:15 am. and 4:49 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose $50 am: sun sets, $50.
\Tomorrow-Sun rises 1853 am.
Moon sets 1877 I'm. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
begins one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted AZ
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty five minutes before sunrise.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
8 am: Great Falls. temperature, p; con-
dition "a. Delecarlia reservoir, temperature
10; condition at north connection, 16; condi-
ton at south connection, 49, Georgetown
reservoir. temperature, "A; con-
diton at inf1uent gatehouse. IS; condition
at effluent gatehouse, II. Washington city
temperature. II; condition at in
fluent IL; condition at effiuent, II.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va, September |
27.-Both rivers clear.