Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-18
WEATHER FORECAST.
Rain Tonight and Friday; Brisk to
High Northeasterlv Winds

dlgn N ortheasterly WlnoS.
Forecast till s pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia. Delaware and Maryland.
rain tonight and Friday; brisk to high
northeastery winds
Fer Virginia, rain tonight and Friday;
cooler tonight in southeast portion; brisk
to high northeasterly winds on the coast.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, So; year ago, &C.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
A tropical disturbance OF small diameter
but OF great severity. in and near the vor-
tex passed over Sand Key and Key West,
Fla, at o'clock this morning the maxi
mum wind velocity at the first-named sta
ton being Seventy-two miles per hour. The
disturbance is now apparently central on
the southeast Florida coast. moving north
northeast
The area of high pressure that has occu-
pied New England for several days is NOV
ing slowly eastward over the Atlantic, and
a second high is advancing eastward across
the middle Rocky mountains.
Rain has fallen quite generally from
Maryland southwestward to Alabama, also
in Arkansas the middle upper Mississippi
valley and the upper lake region.
Rain will continue tonight and Friday in
the middle and south Atlantic states and
overspread the lower lake region and the
Ohio valley tonight. continuing Friday.
The temperature changes will be generally
unimportant.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be brisk northeas:erly: on the
south Atlantic coast northeasterly. increas-
ing to high on the Florida coast this after
noon or tonight, and on the Georgia and
Carolina coasts late tonight: on the east
gulf coast brisk northwesterly. and on the
lower lakes brisk southeasterly.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Florida coast and from Norfolk to Jack
s,nville, also on Lake Erie.
The following heavy precipitation Tin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Atlanta. 1.62: Key
West, PIG: Admission. 100: Chattanooga,
Tallapoosa 200: West Point. 3.!S: Fort
Gaines, 1o4. Alabama: Eufaula. 1.S2: ope-
lika, $40.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk northeasterly
winds. with cloudy weather to the Grand
Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF the
thermometer and barometer at the wea tn
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures II, pm, SIS;
pm, SIS: II Midnight. IS; October is.
am, SIS; am, 81; II noon, SO; pm.
So; maximum, SO. at IL noon, October is;
minimum 54 at 1890 am, October Is.
Barometer-October II, pm, 1922; 8
pm. 1923; IL midnight. 1921; october is.
4 am, 3O19; am. S0.11' noon. So'li'
2 pm. 1907.
Downtown Temperature.
The downtown temperature, as received
from Feast & Co, records the following:
am, 81; IL m, 60; pm, 81.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tire. Oil aa.m and 2:35 p. IN:
high tide. 500 am. and $40 pm
+ Tomorrow-Low tide, 300 am. and 3:lO
pm: high tide SAT a m. and 9:0S pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 6:12 am; sun sets. b:lS
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 8:13 am.
Moon sets. 6:13 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset: ex-
tingushng begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted mr.
teen minutes after sunset and eXtingulshed
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature. SO: condi-
ton, 1S Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
90 condition at north connection, IL; con-
diton at south connection, Is. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, 81; con-
dition at infiuent gate house 20; condition
at effiuent gate house, IL. Washington city
reservoir. temperature, SO; condition at In
fluent, 20; condition at efiuent, 20.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, October Is.
Both rivers are clear