Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair, Colder Tonight and Sunday
Increasing Winds.

Forecast till pm. Sunday:
For the District of Columbia-Fair colder
tonight and Sunday: increasing southwest
to west winds. -..... ~
For Maryland and virginia-Fair, colder
tonight. Sunday fair, colder in eastern
portions; increasing westerly winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-fOur
hours, 3d. a year ago, Is.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The center of the Mississippi valley storm
moved northeastward to Ontario with a
great increase in intensity, and low pres
sure prevails this morning in the lake
region and the Atlantic states. There were
general rains east of the Mississippi river,
followed by clearing weather in the east
gulf states, the lower Ohio and middle
Mississippi valleys In the central west
the weather was fair, while west of the
Rocky mountains there were local rains.
1t is much colder in the Mississippi and
Ohio valleys, and warmer elsewhere, ex-
cept on the Pacific coast.
With the exception of snow or rain to-
night in the lower lake region and New
England, the weather will be generally fair
tonight and Sunday in the east and south
with lower temperatures.
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Wilmington to New York.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be brisk to high west to north
west; on the south Atlantic coast fresh to
brisk southwest to northwest, and on the
east gulf coast light to fresh north to
northeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have br1;k south to southwest
winds with rain to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Knoxville, 126; Chat
tanooga, 1.O4; Admission, 1.42; Atlanta, 1.3s;
Meridian, 1.5O; Birmingham. Ito.
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 2 pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures 1, PM. So; pm.
IS; II midnight. SO. March 2, am, 80;
am, 50; II noon, 81; pm, 60.
Maximum, 81, at 1 pm, March 2; mini
mum, 35, at am, March 1.
Barometer-March l, pm, 1925; pm.
30 20: II midnight, 1886. March 2, am,
1855; am, 1918; noon. 29.6S; pm, g.
Tide Tables.
'Today-Low tide, 3:46 am. and 4:O5 p
high tide, 9:35 am. and 9:56 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, :35 am. and 4:5O
pm; high tide, 1916 am. and 11:4O pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose, 1888 am; sun sets. $3.50
Tomorrow-sun rises, 6:31 am.
Moon-Rises, 1874 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and ex-
tinguished forty-five minutes before sun
rise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
& am: Great Falls temperature, 33; con-
dition, %; Dalecarla reservoir. tempera-
ture, "a condition at north connection, 70;
condition at south connection, Ii. George
town distributing reservoir, temperature,
AZ: condition at influent gatehouse, ID; con-
dition at effiuent gatehouse. IA. Washing
ton city reservoir, temperature, "a; condi-
ton at influent 10; condition at effluent, 10.