Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-30
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and Warmer Tonight; Thursday
Increasing Cloudiness and Cooler.

For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. fair and warmer tonight. Thursday
increasing cloudiness and cooler: fresh to
brisk south to southwest winds.
The West India hurricane is central
near the east end of Cuba and is ap-
parently moving very slowly in a west
northwest direction.
The weather is cooler in the middle At
lantic and north Atlantic states, and
during Tuesday night frost formed in the
Ohio valley. New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey. Maryland the District of CO.
lumbia. Virginia, western North Carolina
and extreme northeastern Alabama. In
the upper lake region, the Mississippi val
ley and the southwest the weather is
warmer. and in the northern Rocky noun
tain region a change to cooler weather
has taken place.
A storm of considerable intensity is CEN
trail this morning over Wisconsin. whence
it will move rapidly eastward, attended
by showers in the lower lake region, the
upper Ohio valley and the North Atlantic
states tonight or Thursday. In other
parts of the eastern and southeastern
states the weather will be fair. except
that showers are probable tonight or
Thursday in eastern Florida and on the
South Carolina and Georgia coasts.
The temperature will rise throughout
the eastern and southeastern states to-
night and it will fall Thursday in the mid
die Atlantic states north Of Virginia and
in the upper ohio valley and the lower
lake region.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
lower lakes
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be fresh to brisk south and
southwest: on the south Atlantic coast
fresh to brisk northeasterly and on the
east gulf coast fresh north and northeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk soiltherly,
shifting to northwesterly winds Friday
fair weather, followed by rain by Thurs
day night to the Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation Tin
nches) has been reported during the
past twenty-four hours: Eastport. LOS.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 30, 4 pm. 60;
8 pm. go II midnight. 10. September 81.
4 am. 43: . a. m, IS: II noon. "a; pm,
~. Maximum. 81. at pm. September 30:
minimum. II. am. September 81
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 30, pm. :i012 8
p. M. :iO.17: II midnight. 500. September
81, In, 10; am, 3O.25; noon, 30 -;
= pm, 3O.16.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, CD; a year ago, a.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
a.m.-Great Falls: Temperature, 50; con-
dtiOn 10 Dalecariia reservoir: Tempera-
ture 70: condition at north connection, 20;
condition at south connection. 90 George
town distributing reservoir: Temperature,
20; condition at infuent gatehouse, G0;
condition at eff1uent gatehouse, II.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va. September
:W-The Potomac is slightly cloudy and
tn. Shenandoah little muddy.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 30 am. and $40
p.m.; high tide, :O3 and 20 pm.
Tomorrow-LoW tide, 6:O6 "a m. and $50
pm; high tide. :4S am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 900 am; sun sets
J:i5 pm.
TomorrOw-un rises 5:J7 am.
Moon sets 800 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
tinguishing begun one hour before SUM-
rise All arc and iEcandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished fortyiive minutes before
sunrise