Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-29
WEATHER
Cloudy Tonight; Saturday Fair and
Cooler: Northwest Winds.

SUOlcI. NOIlUWtSl w Illus.
For the District Of Columbia and Marv-
land. showers this afternoon. cloudy to-
night: Saturday fair ana cooler, moi
crate southwest. shifting to northwest
winds
MAXIMUM temperature past twcnty-four
hours, 81. year ago 81.
The western disturbance has moved
rapidly eastward with increasing IN
tensity and this morning its center =
over extreme southern Ontario. During
the last twenty four hours il has caused
rains in the plains states. the upper Mis-
sissippi and Ohio valleys, the AXE region
and the middle Atlantic states. Ii IS
being followed by rapidly rising pres
sure and a change to cooler weather.
which has already oNerSpraad the nortl-
ern states from the upper Mississippi val
lev westward Ia the Rocky mountain
region. Local rains have also fallen IN
the Florida peninsula and on the Gulf
coast and at scattered points in ~"
southern Rocky mountain region. tho
southern plateau region. southern Cali
fornia and on tn, Washington coast.
The weather is decidedly warmer in The
lake region and the ohio valley. iher"
were frostS Thursday niGEt in Now EnS-
land. North Dakota. Montana and Idaho.
The storm that - now over the great
lakes will move rlnily eastward and -
attended by rains this afternoon in III.
lower lake region. tho upper Ohio valley
and the middle Atlantic and New Ems
land states, ana tonight in the last
named district. Elsewhere east Of tie
Mississippi river the weather viii be
generally fair tonight and Saturday.
Temperatures VIII rise tonight in south
crn and eastern New England and Satlr-
day in the upper lake region. The weather
will he colder tonight i'll the lake region
and the Ohio valley and Saturday IN III"
middle Atlantic states and New Eng
land.
Frost warnings have been issued for
northern Michigan and southwest storm
warnings are displayed on the New tnI-
land coast.
The winds along the New England coast
will be brisk and probably high southcrlN.
shifting to northwesterlS tonight. on
the middle Atlantic coast moderate 70
brisk southwest, shifting to northwest
tonight: on the south Atlantic ana east
gulf coasts moderate varia BILE.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk. probably hiSl.
southerly. shifting to northwestern
winds and rain followed by far weather
to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation IN
nchesD has been reported during no
last twenty-four hours: Springfield, III.
l1e: Davenport. Id keoklk. l.":
Grand Rapids. Ia: st. Paul l..6: Green
Bay. Leo: Los Angeles. -: Elltston.
Ind. I.sG: Shoals. Ind. LES; Terre Haute.
Ind, 2H.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of tho
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the tWentN-four hours
beginning at = pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: Yesterday pm. 40;
~ m. ~: l. midnight, 80. Today am,
~: s am. IT,: l. noon Al: pm, -.
Maximum 81. at p-m. today. MINIMUM
rs. at I? pm. Yesterday.
Barometer: Yesterday pm. :;"il:
pm, ::O.IG; l. midnight 81 l.. TodaN-t
am. 1901: $ a m, 2o9..:: J. noon, 81;
!. pm, o973.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
: a m . Great Falls-Tempcratur a.,
condition. Il. Deiecarlia reservoir
Temperature. ~: condition at norih
connection, III: condition al south con-
nection, III Georgetown distributing res
Il. condition at m
fluent eatehouse II; condition at eiiiucnI
gatehousc, ~.
Tide Tables.
Today-I.ow tide. 1:1l am. and i:.S
pm: high tide. l225 am ana l:Hi pm,
Tomorrow-Low tide. 500 am. md N.2l
pm; high tide, 10 am and i:''.' pm.
The Sun ana VI DON.
Today-Sun rose o:54 am; sun sets
I:iS pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 80 am.
Moon sets $50 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtfa lamps AL
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset.
extinguislling begun one hour before sun
rise MI arc and incandeSrent laml'i
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset AMI
axtinguished forty-tlye minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The star.
HARPERS FERRY, ". Va, September
oa-The Potomac river IS clear ana tho
Shenandoah slightly muddy this morning.