Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16
FROST TONIGHT.
Tuesday Fair, Slightly Warmer;
Light Winds.

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Forecast till pm. Tuesday.-For the
District of Columbia, fair, cooler tonight
with frost Tuesday fair. slightly warmer;
light north to northeast winds.
For Maryland fair, cooler tonight with
frost, probably heavy in western portion
Tuesday fair, slightly warmer; light north
to northeast winds.
For Virginia. fair, cooler tonight. frost In
the Interior probably heavy in western por-
ton. Tuesday fair, slightly warmer In the
interior; light north to northeast winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 63; q year ago, 90.
Weather conditions and general forecast
High pressure Is general this morning
east of the Rocky mountains with cuoi,
clear to partly cloudy weather, except IN
the southwest, where there were light local
showers. West of the Rocky mountains the
weather was also fair, except on the north
coast.
Present conditions indicate continuance
OF pleasant weather throughout the east
and south for the next few days with some
rise in temperature after tonight. Frost is
probable tonight in the middle Atlantic
states and possibly the interior of North
Carolina
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be light to fresh northwest to north;
on the south Atlantic coast fresh northerly;
on the east gulf coast light to fresh north
northeriy. becoming variable.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northwesterly winds
with fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Qn
inches) has been reported during the TWEEN
ty-four hours ending am. Sunday: Savan-
nah, liz; Scranton. 1.65, Lynchburg. 1; KS;
Mount Weather, 2.54: Harrisburg, 200; Ell
kfns, Los; Riverton. Va, 100.
Note.-The display of storm warnings on
the great lakes and Lake Pepin was re-
sumed this date.
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 Is, pm, 61;
pm. Sc; II midnight. so; April 16, 4 am,
As; s am, 40; IL noon, SO: pm, SO.
Maximum 60. at pm. April Is; mini
mum, As, at am. April Is.
Barometer-April Is. pm, 1885, pm,
1907; IL midnight. COLL; April Is. am,
80 IS; am, 3O.25: noon, 30.26: 2 pm, 25.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls. tempera<ure, So; condf-
ton, 80. Dalecarlia reservoir, tempera-
ture. 80; condition at north connection, %;
condition al south connection. 100 George
town distributing reservoir, temperature,
65; condition at infiuent gate house 40;
condition at effiuent gate house. So Wash
ington city reservoir temper lture As; con-
dltlon at ,nnuent, 20; condition at EMU
ent, 80
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 1928 am and 9:15 pm;
high tide, 1:46 am. and 2:26 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 9:3S a. m. and 1929
pm; high tide, 2:55 a. and 3:2S pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 5:23 am; sun sets,
6:3T pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 500 am.
Moon rises, 2:24 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 ncandescent lamps lighted fiji
teen minutes after sunset and extingushed
forty-fve minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Water.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPER'S FERRY. w. Va April 16.-
Both rivers are muddy.
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-
proximateIy the weight of mud carried
600 ono hy o. of