The Washington herald., 1907-03-15
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
{. S. DEPT 0f Agriculture. Weather Bureau.
Washington. THURSDAY March "a. ls07-s p. m
SnrcinI RIver BnIIetin.

The second great Ohio river food Of the year .
nov in progress aud above The mouth of the Little
kanawha River the stages VIII be frcm 70 II feet
higher than during the food q January. At Pitts
burg tonight the river stood at 335 feet. rs feet
above the food tag and only 05 foot below the
great high water stage Of Febuag TO- isZ As the
river is still rising IL Is probable that tins stage Of
s. feet viii be closely aFpToyimated aud possibly ex
ceoded before the river begins 70 fan. At Wheeling
a stage II 4s feet g feet above the food staEe Is
indicated bv Friday afternoon or evening ana the
same ~ parkgIEbrE food stage ar the latter place
being 35 fest Stages are indicated at other places
as follows. Marietta. f7 feet Cincinnati. 81 feet y
feet above food stage during Friday and fnuaS
night: Madison g TO g. and Louisville 3 feet on
saturday. 8 and feet. Uspectiyely, above food
stages: Evansville 90 feet. Friday Friday nisht
and possibly 81 feet durrs SATURDAY. Hood stage De-
ing az 35 feet. Wabash River al Mount Carmel. III,
% feet 5 feet above hood stage. Supplementary
warnings have also been issued for the rivers OF
Southern Ohio and warnings Of food stage IN the
Missouri River from jefferson. : Dak-. 90 Sioux
CITY Iowa the ice gorge above HeImIliCu. ; OAK.
having broken Wednesday Afternoon
The ice gorge in the SusquehspDa River at Harms
burg Pa broke at nco;l Phursiay and the ice
moved of feet Of water. without forming any
further gurges as far as IS known at this time.
General Forecast.
! There were further heavy rains "Wednesday night
IN the Ohio Valley bu; none during Thursday.
! There were also rains IN the Gulf and Atlantic
states. except the extreme NouIitd,l. ahQ lt rams
| and SHOWS iu the Lake region and Upper Missis
I sippi Valley There was no other precipitation Of
/ cUnscqucncc except ON the extreme North Pacific
coast where pressure Is again l0w. Il is decidedly
culder n the Ohio VALLEY. the Middle Atlantic and
Gulf States and throughout the Upper Lake
region and the West
/ There win be rain Friday in the South Atlantic
aud southern portion Of the East Gulf States. local
SHOWS IN the Eastern Lower lake region. rain Oi
l snow in Montana, and rain in the North Pacific
States. probably continuing saturday in the two lat
ter districts and extending into Northwestern States
generally; elsewhere the weather viii be generally
| fair Friday and SATURDAY
II will be colder Friday in the Atlantic and the
East Gulf States decidedly colder IN the South At
antiC States and in the central valleys and
| the West II viii he warmer Saturday I'm the Gull
states, and probably somewhat colder IN the ex
/ treme Northwest
| The winds along the New England coast VIII h
fresh TO brisk west to northwest the Middle At
lantic coast fresh 20 brisk northwest 70 north the
South Atlantic coast fresh to brisk northwest &c
north except light to fresh on the Florida coast
on the Gulf coast fresh noTtheasteTly and Lake
/ Michigan fresh and mostly southerly.
| Steamers departing Friday fer European ports vii
have fresh 70 brisk nCthwesterly Winds with fair
weather 90 the Grand Banks.