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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 52/77 59/75 58/84 57/75 53/79
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L/H (°F)		 52/77 59/75 58/88 57/75 53/79
Dew Point
(°F)		 52 52 59 53 55
Humidity
(%)		 45 50 75 57 55
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 71oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 49% Dew Pt: 51oF
Barom: 29.97 Wind Dir: W
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 5:32 Sunset: 8:41
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 AM
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Heavy Rain for Gulf Coast Monday, Throughout the Week
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Local Forecast
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High: 77°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 411'6 416'6 406'2 414'4 1'6 412'6 12:03P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 420'0 424'4 414'4 422'0 1'2 420'6 12:03P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 439'2 443'6 434'2 441'0 0'6 440'2 12:03P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 452'6 457'4 448'4 454'6 0'2 454'4 12:03P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 462'0 466'2 458'0 464'0 0'2 463'6 12:03P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 468'6 472'6 464'6 470'4 0'2 470'2 12:03P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 459'2 464'4 457'0 463'0 1'6 461'2 12:03P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 467'0 471'2 463'4 469'4 2'0 467'4 12:03P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 478'2 482'4 475'2 482'4 3'6 478'6 12:03P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1111'0 1119'4 1102'4 1116'2 2'6 1113'4 12:03P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1115'4 1124'0 1107'6 1120'4 1'6 1118'6 12:05P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1115'6 1122'4 1107'4 1119'6 2'0 1117'6 12:03P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1129'0 1136'4 1121'6 1133'0 1'0 1132'0 12:03P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1144'2 1151'0 1136'4 1147'6 0'6 1147'0 12:03P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1150'0 1159'0 1145'0 1155'4 1'0 1154'4 12:03P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1158'6 1165'6 1152'6 1163'2 1'0 1162'2 12:03P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1166'6 1173'6 1161'2 1172'0 2'0 1170'0 12:03P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1150'0 1159'6 1150'0 1159'6 1'6 1158'0 12:03P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3013 3039 3006 3010 - 3 3013 12:03P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3025 3046 3015 3018 - 3 3021 12:03P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3024 3047 3014 3019 - 3 3022 12:03P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3016 3035 3002 3010 - 4 3014 12:03P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3043 3067 3035 3043 - 5 3048 12:03P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3064 3085 3053 3061 - 6 3067 12:03P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3100 3117 3084 3096 - 6 3102 12:03P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3139 3148 3112 3130 - 7 3137 12:03P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3177 3192 3153 3172 - 7 3179 12:03P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 97.450 98.250 96.975 97.000 -0.450 97.450 12:03P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 96.350 96.700 95.800 95.875 -0.475 96.350 12:03P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 81.375 81.525 80.125 80.200 -1.175 81.375 12:03P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.400 74.675 73.375 73.425 -1.175 74.600 12:03P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.025 78.300 77.000 77.050 -1.200 78.250 12:03P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.575 82.775 81.575 81.625 -1.150 82.775 12:03P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.275 86.675 86.050 86.050 0.250 86.125s 12:03P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.425 94.525 93.500 93.525 -1.100 94.625 12:03P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 250.550 251.325 249.250 250.450 0.575 249.875 12:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 241.600 243.125 240.900 242.825 1.650 241.175 12:03P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 234.425 236.275 233.800 236.225 2.425 233.800 12:03P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 233.675 235.475 232.925 235.425 2.350 233.075 12:03P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 233.675 235.825 233.400 235.775 2.275 233.500 12:03P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 233.150 235.550 233.150 235.525 2.350 233.175 12:03P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 226.675 229.150 226.675 229.150 2.325 226.825 12:03P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 223.800 225.900 223.800 225.900 2.125 223.775 12:03P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 358.650 361.675 357.500 361.500 4.075 357.425 12:03P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 356.000 359.600 355.000 359.475 4.925 354.550 12:03P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 352.925 356.325 351.700 356.050 5.125 350.925 12:03P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 349.600 352.600 348.350 352.300 5.125 347.175 12:03P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 343.000 346.000 341.450 345.900 5.325 340.575 12:03P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 338.450 342.000 338.350 342.000 5.475 336.525 12:03P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 337.225 340.225 337.225 340.225 4.875 335.350 12:03P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 335.525 338.875 335.525 338.875 5.300 333.575 12:03P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 51450.00 51996.00 51440.00 51940.00 713.00 51227.00 12:04P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 51744.00 52378.00 51743.00 52324.00 719.00 51605.00 12:04P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7480.00 7584.50 7480.00 7575.25 140.25 7435.00 12:04P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7543.50 7648.75 7542.00 7639.75 142.25 7497.50 12:04P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29907.00 30612.50 29907.00 30559.75 897.75 29662.00 12:03P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 30191.00 30915.00 30191.00 30861.25 906.50 29954.75 12:03P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 73.50 74.21 72.37 73.99 -0.29 74.28 12:03P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.16 72.57 70.91 72.31 -0.55 72.86 12:03P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.78 71.13 69.62 70.91 -0.62 71.53 12:03P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.78 69.92 68.51 69.65 -0.73 70.38 12:03P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.00 69.20 67.82 68.89 -0.78 69.67 12:03P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.73 68.73 67.43 68.45 -0.82 69.27 12:03P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.19 68.33 67.09 68.04 -0.86 68.90 12:03P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.75 67.85 66.60 67.58 -0.84 68.42 12:03P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 582'4 589'2 571'0 586'2 1'6 584'4 12:03P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 594'2 600'2 582'2 597'0 1'2 595'6 12:03P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 610'2 616'4 598'4 613'4 1'4 612'0 12:03P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 623'0 630'2 613'2 627'4 1'4 626'0 12:03P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 632'2 639'4 623'0 636'6 1'2 635'4 12:03P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 638'0 646'6 630'2 643'6 1'4 642'2 12:03P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 648'4 658'0 642'2 657'4 3'4 654'0 12:03P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 667'0 674'0 659'4 674'0 3'4 670'4 12:03P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 685'2 0'0 682'2 12:03P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 63505.0 67360.0 63430.0 66935.0 3275.0 63660.0 12:04P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 65780.0 67690.0 65440.0 67265.0 3280.0 63985.0 12:04P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 67765.0 67900.0 67560.0 67800.0 3580.0 64220.0 12:04P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 4271.2 4362.0 4269.1 4337.3 122.3 4215.0 12:04P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4293.0 4373.1 4269.3 4340.5 117.8 4222.7 12:04P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4289.4 4391.5 4283.4 4357.1 118.3 4238.8 12:04P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 67.870 67.859 Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 68.900 71.400 68.725 70.225 2.251 67.974 12:04P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 69.300 71.610 69.300 70.645 2.405 68.240 12:04P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 81.40 82.42 79.70 80.54 -4.34 84.88 12:04P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 80.50 81.00 78.45 79.22 -4.13 83.35 12:04P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 79.78 79.78 77.35 77.95 -3.76 81.71 12:04P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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