Evening star., 1909-05-20
WEATHER FORECAST.
Unsettled Weather and Rain To
night and Friday.


night and Friday.
For the District of Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia, unsettled weather and rain
tonight and Friday: continued cool; mod
crate and brisk easterly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, -; year ago, 81.
The storm that was central over the
lower Mississippi valley Wednesday
morning moved slowly northeastward and
its center is now over northern Alabama.
This disturbance has caused general pre-
c;pitation in the south Atlantic states,
Southwestern Virginia, the east gulf
states the lower Mississippi and Ohio val
leys and Tennessee. Heavy rains were
repotred from the east gulf states, North
Caroline and Tennessee. Another dis
turbance in the extreme southwest is
causing scattered showers In the plains
states In New England the weather has
continued unsettled with local rains. In
all districts other than those referred To
the weather remained fair.
Temperature continues below the nor
NAL, except in the lower lake region and
the northwestern states.
The indications are that the southern
storm will move slowly northeastward
and cause general rains In the middle
Atlantic and south Atlantic states, Geor-
gia, Alabama, the upper Ohio valley and
the lower lake region during tonight and
Friday.
The temperature will not change ma
terially in the eastern and southern
states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be moderate to brisk easterly:
on. the south Atlantic coast moderate
southerly. except moderate to brisk east
erly shifting to southerly on the North
Carolina coast: on the east gulf coast
light westerly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have moderate to brisk easter
~ winds and cloudy weather to the Grand
| Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
| twenty-four hours: .Asheville. 1856: Knox
ville 0i: Wilmington. Lis; Mobile, 2.Hl
Macon. 116; Abilene, 1.44; Memphis. Ia:
Athens. Ga. 2.:>2; Rome. Ga, 1.SO; Toe
Goa, Ga, $50
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:
Thermometer-May 10. 4 pm, 60;
IS; am. 56: Il noon. 50: pm. 62
Maximum, ~, at 3 pm. May 10: mini
mum, 35. Z am. May 20
| Barometer-May 10. pm. 2999: p.
m., .SO.O2, l. mlQnlSnt. .'UU0. May ~.
| m, 3O.OI: am, 1910; noon, 3O.1O;
pm, 300.
| Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
| 8 am: Great Falls-Temperature. SO
| condition, II. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem
perature, -: condition at north connec-
ton, g: condition at south connection, 8
Georgetown distributing reservoir-Tem-
perature, ~: condition at influent gate
house, 8: condition at eff1uent gatehouse
13.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 2:SO am. and 3:11 p
m; high tide, S:2S am. and 9:O5 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 3:1S am. and 3:5s
d M; high tide, 9:17 am. and 9:o3 pm.
| The Sun and Moon.
| Today-Sun rose. IA am: sun sets
7:09 pm.
| Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:43 am.
| Moon sets S:3S p.m.. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps al
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset
| eXtinguishing begun one hour before sun
| rise Arc and incandescent lamps light
ed fifteen minutes after sunset and extin-
guished forty-five minutes before sunrise