Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-30
WEATHER FORECAST.
Showers Late Tonight and Wednesday
Much Colder Wednesday.

Forecast till pm. Wednesday-For the
District of Columbia. showers late tonight
and on Wednesday, much colder Wednes-
day: fresh southwesterly winds shifting to
northwesterly.
For Maryland rain tonight. except fair in
southeast portion. colder in extreme west
ern portion. Wednesday rain and much
colder: fresh to brisk southwesterly winds,
becoming northwesterly.
For Virginia, fair tonight, except show
ers in western portion, warmer in north
east portion. colder in extreme western por-
ton. Wednesday rain, colder in the in
terror; fresh southwester!y win Is, becom-
ing northwesterly.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours. &c. year ago, 46
Weather conditions and general forecast
The western barometric disturbance has
made little. if any. progress eastward dur
ing the last twentyfour hours. 1t now eX-
tends from the lower lake region southwest
ward to eastern Texas, and is being fol-
lowed by area of high pressure central
this morning in Kansas and Nebraska. The
latter mas caused a very marked fall in
temperature over the plains states as far
south as northern Texas. where the tenn
is now close to the freezing point. Snow
has ceased, except in southern Colorado
and portions of the upper lake region, where
it is still falling.
Rain is probable tonight quite generally in
this forecast district, except along the
south Atlantic coast and in Florida. 1t Will
doubtless continue Wednesday in the mid
die Atlantic states and extend to the coast
in the south. The temperature W ii fall to-
night from the lower lake region southwest
ward to the east gulf states, and on
Wednesday generally in Atlantic coast dis
tricts
will be fresh southerly, increasing; on the
south Atlantic coast light and variable, be
coming fresh southeriy, ana on me east
gulf coast light to fresh southeasterlS'
Steamers departing today for european
norris will have light southwesterly winds
and fair weather to the Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation On
inches has been reported during me pas'
twenty-four hours: Toledo, 1.0b; MllWau-
kee. los: Chicago 30: Grand Rapids. lis
cairo l 50: Springfield H., $50; Peoria,
rs. Grand Haven, 1902; Okla homa, l.56;
Memphis, 40; lola. 80; La Sale LOO.
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 90 pm, Il; .
nm. "a: ~ midnight, 50. April go am,
SO; am, 81; IL noon, p; pm. 70.
Maximum-76 at pm. April 80. Mini
mum-56 at 8 am. April 80.
Barometer: April 20 pm, '@:os;
pm. 3OO6: II midnight 1904. April ~
am, 1902; s am. 1901; noon, 1885;
p.m., $3.50.
Tide Table.
Todav-Iow tide, 80 am. and 4:20 I'M;
high tide, 1882 am. and 10 pm. ,o
:
N, high tide 1920 am. and 1880 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose, sos am; sun sets, 6:51
Tomorrow-Sun rises SOP am.
Moon rises 9:52 pm. today.
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 incandescent lamps lighted M,
teen minutes after sunset and extingulsheo
forty-fve minutes before sunrise
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at 8
am: Great Falls. temperature 60; condi-
ton. 30. Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
60: condition at north connection, 49, condl-
ton at south connection, 40 Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature ": con-
dition at influent gatehouse. 40; condition at
effiuent eatehouse, IS. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, IS: condition at In
fluent. IS. condition at effiuent, b. Eleva-
ton at Great Falls, ISL .SO-l.30 over DAM
Weather in May.
The normal temperature for May In
Washington for the past thirty-sx years
has averaged Ga degrees. The warmest
month was in $780, when it averaged 10
degrees. The coolest was in 1882, when 1t
averaged 80 degrees. The highest tempera-
ture reached was SO on May &c, 1880. The
lowest temperature was 33 on May IL. 1906.
The latest date on which killing frost oc-'
CURED in spring was May IL, 1906 The
average precipitatiOn for the month has