Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-19

fofeCaSt iii ) PM. Wednesday,
For the District of Columbia, cloudy,
probably rain tonight. Wednesday partly
cloudy: light east to south winds, becom-
ing variable.
For Maryland, cloudy. with rain tonight.
Wednesday fair. except showers in noun
tain districts; light southerly winds. be-
coming westerly.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, I'll, year ago, ".
For Virginia. showers tonight, Wednes-
day fair: light southerly winds, becoming
westerly.
Weather Conditions and General Fore
Cast.-The western disturbance is now
central over lower Michigan. moving very
slowly northeastward. \ second disturb
ance occupies the western plateau region
and pressure is relatively high on both
the Atlantic coast and Pacific coasts. Cen
cral rains have fallen over quite a wide
extent OF territory, as on Sunday and
Monday. l he rain area in the last
twenty-four hours includes the gulf and
south Atlantic states Tennessee, Arkan-
sas kentucky, the Ohio, middle and up
per Mississippi valleys and the upper lake
region.
Rain is indicated for tonight and We'd
nesday in the lower lake region, New
England and portions of the middle At
antic states. Important temperature
changes are not propa bic.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be fresh southeast to south.
increasing: on the south Atlantic coast
fresh west TO southwest. and on the east
gulf coast light to fresh northwesterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light easterly winds and
cloudy weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation tn
inches) has been reported during the past
fUo hOllrS. (,nArlOttp. lW.
Raleigh, LOS; Richmond. LA La Sale,
LIZ: La Crosse, 1.20; Dubuque, 1.O2 Mont
gomery, 1.o2; Macon, lbs, Shreveport,
10
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:
1hermometer-May IS. pm. Il; pm,
-; l. midnight. 81: May IL. In. I'll; =
a. m, G'. l. noon. -; pm, Il.
Maximum, ~. at pm. May IS: mini
mum. III. at 1 am, May IS.
Barometer-May IS pm. 1913: pm,
1880: Il midnight. 1888; May II. am.
:..s3, s am. 29.sS; noon, 23S2; PM,
1911.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 40 am. and $40
pm: high tide, 1920 am. and 1888 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. sos a. m. and 500
Pm, nigh the, IL .lO am. and lilo PIN
The Sun and Noon.
Today-Sun rose, 4:44 am; sun sets,
700 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 4:44 am.
Moon rises 11:o5 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incanuescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-fve minutes before
sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
s am; Great Falls, temperature, IS: con-
dition, ~: Dalecarlia reservoir. tempera-
ture 10; condition at north connection. 10.
condition al south connection, 3D. George
town distributing reservoir, temperature.
81; condition at inf1uent gatehouse. 33;
condition at effluent gatehouse, Is
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va, May 10
The Shenandoah is clear and the Po-
tomac very cloudy this morning.