Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-15
WEATHER FORECAST.
Showers and Cooler This Afternoon
and Tonight: Tuesday Fair.

ana 4ou1&QtS TUESDAY Fair.
Forecast Till Pm. Tuesday.-For
Maryland and Virginia, fair in western,
showers in eastern portions this afternoon
and tonight; cooler. Tuesday fair; light
to fresh southwest TO northwest winds.
For the District Of Columbia. showers
and cooler this afternoon and tonight
Tuesday fair: light to fresh southwest to
northwest winds.
Weather Conditions and General Fore
cast.-The Red river at Shreveport has
reached a stage Of 351 feet, only O.8 foot
below the highest recorded stage. and
some further rise Is expected. The at
tempts to close the crevasse eight miles
below Shreveport have been abandoned.
and 1t is now probable that more than
100 square miles of rich plantation lands
will be overfiowed. The Missouri at Kan
sas City stands at 30.2 feet, and is rising
slowly. with more showers indicated. The
Mississippi at st. Louis reached 32.4 feet
this morning. with a stage of "a feet in
dicated in about four days.
Z. Showers have been general in the lower
lake region and the Atlantic states, and
they have again commenced in Arkansas.
Oklahoma and the central west. In the
central valleys. the upper lake region and
the northwest the weather has been fair.
1t Is decidedly cooler in the Ohio valley
and the lake region. and somewhat warm
er in the northwest.
With the exception Of showers tonight
in the middle Atlantic states and along
the south Atlantic coast the weather will
be generally fair tonight and Tuesday in
the east and south. although local show
ers are probable Tuesday in the east gulf
states. 1t will be considerably cooler to-
night in the middle Atlantic states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be fresh west to northwest: on
the south Atlantic coast light to fresh
west to northwest. and on the east gulf
coast light to fresh north to northeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southwest to west
winds; showers Monday; fair. cooler
Tuesday to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Key West, 1.56: Au-
gusta. 2.14: Wytheville. 246: Syracuse.
Ito: Rochester. 2.O4; Oswego, LEO: Okla
homa. 1.22: Havana, 1.02; Fairmont. w.
Va. 1.62; Warren. Pa, 100
During the twenty-four hours ending at
am. Sunday: La Sale, 1.52: Peoria, 2.62;
Meridian. 1886: Keokuk. LBS.
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-June IA. PM, 81; 8
pm. 76; II midnight 20: June u. 4 am.
II: s am, "a; II noon, "a: 2 pm. 76
Maximum. 81. at pm. June Il; mini
mum. 90 at II midnight June IA and -.
Barometer-June IA. o.m.. 1897: s
pm. 1895; II midnight. 1894; June 15
am. - 50: 8 am, 29.SS; noon. y. IS;
= pm. 23.S4.
Maximum temperature past twenty
four hours. 81; year ago, 81
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by
Aff1ecks standard thermometer was as
follows: . am. Sly; u noon, 81; pm,
IS.
The temperature recorded today by
Feast & Co.'S standard thermometer was
as follows: 8 am. 70; noon. So: = pm,
81.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature, IS;
condition, II. Dalecarlia reservoir tenn
perature. IS; condition at north connec-
ton, IL: condition at south connection. L.
Georgetown distributing reservoir. tenn
perature rs; condition at infiuent gate
house, Is; condition at effluent gatehouse
30.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 2:15 am. and BIZ
pm: high tide, 500 am. and pm.
Tomorrow-LOw tide, 3:0S am. and 4:0J