Evening star., 1909-08-18
WEATHER FORECAST.
Unsettled Tonight and Thursday;
Not Much Change in Temperature.

For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. unsettled tonight and Thursday: not
much change in temperature; moderate to
brisk northerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 16; year ago. 81.
The disturbance that was central off the
New Jersey coast Tuesday morning has
moved 10 the New England coast, attend
ed by high shifting winds and rain.
\ tropical storm is off the Carolina
coast. and it is apparently moving north
ward.
Conditions remain unsettled over the
eastern districts, and there was rain dur
ing the last twenty-four hours in the mid
die and north Atlantic states, the lower
lake region and at scattered points in the
southeast. Showers are also reported from
the middle Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys and the extreme southwest.
A general change to cooler weather is in
progress over the middle west and the
southwest. Moderate temperatures con-
tinue IN the eastern states.
Showers are probable In the north At
lantic states and eastern Florida during
the next thirty-sx hours, elsewhere east
OF the Mississippi river the weather will
be generally fair tonight and Thursday.
Cooler weather Is indicated for the lower
Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys.
Storm warnings are displayed on thn
Atlantic coast from Key West to Norfolk
The winds along the New England coast
will be brisk and possibly high northerIy:
on the middle Atlantic coast moderate to
brisk northerly, increasing on the Vir-
ginia coast. on the south Atlantic coast,
increasing north and northeast; on the
North Carolina coast, and brisk, possibly
high. northwest to west over southern
portion; on the east gulf coast moderate
westerly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have strong northerly winds
and unsettled. rainy weather to the Grand
Banks.
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Providence, 10: Bos-
ton. .:6; Key West. Lso, Concord. 1.26.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF
the ,'iermome>e >er and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. Yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures Il. 4 pm, -; s
pm. 81; II midnight. "a: August IS. 4
am, 63: am, So. II noon. -; pm,
40. Maximum, I6, at ) pm. August IL:
minimum, 62. at am. August Is.
pm, 29.5s: T. midnight. 1857; August 1S
Am, Be5l; am, 1885, noon, 29.6S:
pm. 23.6a.
Tide Tables.
Today-Iow tide. 3:53 am and ALB
pm: high tide. 3:42 am. and 1904 pm.
Tomorrow Low tide. 4:32 am. and 4:4S
p.m.. high tide, 1870 am. and lO:4O pm
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishiug begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and tncandescent lamps lighted
fifteen minutes after sunset and extin-
sutshed forty-fve minutes before sunrise.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
s am: Great Fails-Temperature. "A; con-
dition.' 1S0 Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature. IS: condition at north connec-
tion, I5: condition at south connection, rs
Georgetown distributing reservor-Tem-
perature. l6: condition at inf1uent gate
house, 15; condition at effluent gatehouse,
II.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va, August Is.
Roth rivers are cloudy.