Evening star., 1915-08-30
WEATHER..
Partly Cloudy and Cooler Tonight.
Tomorrow Fair and Cooler.

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For the District of Columbia. partly
cloudy and cooler tonight. Tomorrow
fair. cooler; moderate northwest winds.
For Maryland, partly cloudy and
cooler tonight. Tomorrow fair; cooler
in east portion: moderate northwest
winds
For Virginia. partly cloudy and cooler
tonight; Tuesday fair: cooler in east
portions: moderate winds, becoming
northwest.
For West Virginia. fair. cooler to-
night. Tuesday fair; warmer in west
portion.
The crest of the northwestern high
pressure area of the last two days is
now over the lower Missouri valley.
and in consequence of the general low
pressure over the Atlantic states the
temperatures attending the high pres
sure area are abnormally low, ranging
fom 10 degrees to 23 degrees below the
seasonal average over the great basin OF
the country. In portions of the upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
and the western upper lake region, the
5emperature Monday morning was the
lowest of August record. with frosts,
either light or heavy, over much of
this area.
West of the Rocky mountains abnor-
mally high temperatures continue, with
fair weather and low pressure. while
were moderately low. but with rain
and low pressure. There were also local
showers in the lake region, the upper
Mississippi and Ohio valleys and Ten
nessee.
With the exceptions of showers to-
night in New England, and tonight or
tuesday in Florida, generally fair
weather will prevail east of the Mis-
sissippi river during the next thirty
six hours.
1t will be cooler tonight except in
the upper lake region. and cooler Tues
day in the Atlantic states. 1t will be
warmer Tuesday in the Ohio valley
and the upper lake and western lower
In Michigan and the north and central
portions of Indiana and Ohio.
The winds along the New England
coast Will be moderate variable, be-
coming westerly; on the middle Allan
tic coast moderate west and northwest; !;
on the south Atlantic coast moderate
northwest to north, except southeast
on the south Florida coast; on the east
gulf coast gentle to moderate north
and northeast.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have moderate shifting
winds, becoming westerly, with show
ers to the Grand Banks.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 6:S3 am. and 6:2s
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1902 am. and
7:10 pm; high tide, 12:17 am. and
12:43 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 5:27 am: sun sets,
6:37 pm.
Tomorrow-sun rises. 5:27 am; sun
sets, 6:35 pm.
Moon rises 9:14 pm
Records for Twenty Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twentyfour
Thermometer-Yeste 4 pm. 73:
pm: 50: IL midnight, So; today, 4
am. 81: am, 65; noon. IS: pm,
II. Maximum. II. at pm. today: min
imum. So. at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 81: minimum, 66.
Barometer-Yesterday pm, 29.s7;
pm, 1888: IL midnight, 1888: today,
am. 29.Sl: 5 am, 29S3: noon, 9.Y6; 4;
pm. .9.S7.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature
so: condition, 600. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature, SO; condition at north
connection, 12o: condition at south con-
nection. 95. Georgetown distributing
acknowledgements 70: condition
at inf1uent gatehouse, S5; condition. al
efiuent gatehouse, 80.
Up-River Waters.
Special dispatch to The Star.
HARPERs FERRY. w. Va, August
30.-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers both were muddy this morning.
Weather in Various Cities,