Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-17
WEATHER
lain Tonight and Saturday Morning
Followed ty Clearing Saturday.

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Followed by Clearing Saturday.
For the District of Columbia and Mary !
land. rain tonight and Saturday morn
ing. followed by clearing: warmer to-
night; brisk and probably high southerly
winds
The upper sir observation at the Mount
Weather Observatory Thursday showed
uniform temperature up 10 an altitude
of $500 feet where the reading was ~
degrees. or but = degrees lower than at
the surface. The wind from the surface
to the highest level .eached was north
west and blowing "A gale. Ii was eigh.y
two miles All hour at the 9,:kN-foot plane.
The western disturbance has moved to
the Mississippi valley with increasin;, in
tensity. and Friday morning il was CEN
trail over southeastern Iowa, whence il
will move in an east-northeast course
across the great lakes. 1t is causing
rains and SHOWS and high winds in the
upper lake region and the upper Ni>sis-
sippi and Missouri valleys and rain n
the middle Mississippi valley. Arkansas
and Texas. Storm warnings are dis
played at all points on the great lakes.
Rains are also reported in the north
Pacific states. and local SHOWS iii the
Rocky mountain region and the middle
plains states.
The temperature has fallen considerably
in the middle Atlantic and New England
states. the plains states and the Rocky
mountain region, and IT mas risen decid-
eddy in the lake region. the Mississippi
and Ohio valleys and the gulf states
The western disturbance will advance
Observation-Disclosures and DO attended by
general precipitation within the mex:
thirty-sX hours in the region east of the
mississippi river The precipita ton will
Re in the form of rain and snow in ire
region of the great lakes. the interior of
New York and northern New England.
and rain elsewhere.
The temperature will Use tonight in
the Atlantic states, the extreme upper
ONO valley and the lower lake region.
and saturday in eastern New York and
New England. IT will fall tonight and
Saturday in the Mississippi valley, the
upper lake region, and Saturday in the
lower lake region. tho upper Ohio valley
and the east gulf states
Coid wave Warnings have been issued
for extreme southern Indiana Kentucky.
western Tennessee and northern Nissis-
sippi.
Tho winds along the New England coast
VIII be moderate variable, becoming
southeasterly tonight and increasing: on
the middle Atlantic coast increa sing
southeast and south. probably hecom tng
high late tonight: the south Atlantic
coast moderate to brisk east and SOUTH
east; on the east gulf coast mode rate to
brisk southeast and south. shifting 10
northwesterly late tonight
steamers departing today for European
ports Will have increasing east and south
east winds, overcast weather, probably
ram or snow. to the Grand Banks
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-Yesterd 4 pm, A: 8
pm. 81; II midnight :s3: today, am.
81: am. %: II noon. ~: > pm, 40
Maximum. 10. at > pm. minimum, 26, at
am. today.
Temperature same date last year-Maxi-
mum, Al: minimum. 30
MISUNDERSTANDING. pm. 81: g
pm. 3O.35: II midnight. 3O.37: today
am, 1924: am. 1904 II noon, 30 "a: z
pm. u.11.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
s am: Great Falls-Temperature. 40;
condition. AZ. Dalecarla reservoir-Tem-
perature, 4i: condition at north connec-
, ton. 30; condition at south connection,
-. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature. -: condluon at infiuent
gatehouse, 50; condition at effluent gate
house, 20
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 1l:47 am: high tide.
5::'3 am. and l:4l pm.
- ~ a.
1870 pm; high tide, f:2s am and SOS
2. m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose ga an: sun sets 4:45
pm.
TomorroW-Sun rises "a, am
Moon rises 3:27 a m tomorrow
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset:
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and inca ndescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinsuished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters
Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
HARPERS FERRY. ". Va November
I--Both rivers little cloudy This
morning.