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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Mostly Cloudy Thunder Storms Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 73/90 72/92 67/88 71/95 70/83
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 79/98 74/105 67/92 72/108 70/85
Dew Point
(°F)		 74 73 68 73 68
Humidity
(%)		 61 69 64 66 63
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 7 8 5 9 13
Precip
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Precip
Amt (in.)
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Evap
(in./day)		 0.21 0.21 0.18 0.23 0.23
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 89oF Feels Like: 98oF
Humid: 61% Dew Pt: 74oF
Barom: 30.03 Wind Dir: WSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 12 mph
Sunrise: 5:48 Sunset: 8:37
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Heat Wave Continues for Western Corn Belt This Weekend, Then Ends
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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High: 90°F
Low: 73°F
Precip: 40%		 High: 92°F
Low: 72°F
Precip: 40%		 High: 88°F
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Precip: 40%		 High: 83°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 441'0 445'4 436'0 445'4 3'2 444'6s 02:37P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 463'2 468'2 458'6 468'2 3'4 467'4s 02:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 478'4 483'4 474'2 483'4 3'4 483'0s 02:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 487'4 492'0 483'0 491'6 3'4 491'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 492'6 497'0 488'2 497'0 3'4 496'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 481'2 484'2 477'2 484'2 3'0 484'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 486'2 490'4 483'6 490'2 2'6 490'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 497'0 501'0 495'0 501'0 2'4 500'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 508'0 2'4 506'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1195'0 1205'2 1186'6 1204'0 9'4 1204'4s 02:31P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1185'2 1194'0 1177'0 1193'0 8'2 1193'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1194'6 1204'0 1186'4 1202'4 8'0 1203'0s 02:31P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1209'0 1218'0 1201'0 1216'4 7'2 1216'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1213'4 1221'4 1205'2 1219'4 6'4 1220'0s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1218'0 1226'4 1210'4 1224'6 6'0 1225'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1224'6 1231'6 1216'4 1230'2 5'6 1230'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1212'2 1215'4 1201'4 1214'6 5'2 1214'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1171'2 4'4 1179'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3229 3229 3185 3210 - 27 3202s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3206 3206 3163 3178 - 34 3171s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3187 3188 3140 3155 - 38 3149s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3223 3224 3176 3192 - 39 3185s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3230 3241 3193 3208 - 39 3203s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3244 3252 3208 3225 - 34 3219s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3259 3260 3221 3241 - 30 3234s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3287 3287 3246 3265 - 29 3259s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3264 3264 3246 3246 - 29 3251s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 100.500 102.025 100.500 101.575 1.375 101.650s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 87.150 88.375 86.925 87.850 1.025 87.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 78.100 79.025 78.025 78.650 0.825 78.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 81.250 81.925 81.175 81.600 0.600 81.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.750 86.200 85.625 85.900 0.275 86.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 89.600 89.650 89.375 89.375 -0.100 89.500s 02:30P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 97.375 97.725 97.275 97.450 0.125 97.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 97.925 98.150 97.800 97.825 97.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.100 97.375 97.000 97.000 -0.100 97.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.500 -0.100 81.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.400 -0.100 74.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 227.250 227.250 224.200 224.350 - 2.650 224.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 223.350 223.450 220.500 220.625 - 2.575 220.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 223.350 223.350 220.325 220.400 - 2.675 220.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 224.100 224.125 221.200 221.475 - 2.475 221.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.375 224.550 221.800 222.225 - 2.050 222.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 217.750 218.200 215.625 216.300 - 1.725 216.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 214.900 214.900 212.700 213.425 - 1.500 213.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 213.025 213.125 212.075 212.875 - 1.175 212.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 213.650 213.650 213.650 213.650 - 0.975 213.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 213.000 - 0.975 213.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 346.675 348.125 344.575 345.925 - 0.650 345.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 340.225 341.050 337.450 339.075 - 1.000 339.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 334.300 334.625 330.525 332.550 - 1.625 332.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 329.250 330.150 325.750 327.400 - 2.125 327.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 323.125 323.925 319.625 321.375 - 2.200 321.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 319.400 320.325 316.425 318.475 - 2.050 318.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 319.100 319.675 316.000 317.525 - 1.700 318.125s 02:31P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 317.500 317.500 314.000 316.850 - 1.350 316.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 317.150 317.500 313.475 316.325 - 1.400 316.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52778.00 52835.00 52174.00 52380.00 - 406.00 52786.00 02:37P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53147.00 53236.00 52583.00 52775.00 - 421.00 53196.00 02:37P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7572.75 7575.00 7473.00 7499.25 - 78.50 7577.75 02:37P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7640.00 7640.00 7539.50 7562.00 - 82.75 7644.75 02:37P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29191.00 29220.00 28408.25 28821.25 - 404.50 29225.75 02:37P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29515.00 29515.00 28698.25 29113.75 - 409.50 29523.25 02:37P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 72.62 75.44 72.43 74.82 2.38 74.81s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.74 74.49 71.51 73.94 2.22 73.93s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.96 73.58 70.96 73.03 2.02 73.02s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.80 72.98 70.80 72.44 1.86 72.43s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.65 72.59 70.65 72.05 1.71 72.07s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.04 72.00 70.04 71.58 1.59 71.53s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.86 71.37 69.78 70.95 1.46 70.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.30 70.67 69.30 70.33 1.36 70.27s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 672'6 685'0 666'4 684'6 8'0 682'6s 02:32P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 688'6 702'0 683'4 701'4 8'6 699'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 702'2 715'6 697'4 715'2 9'4 713'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 707'6 720'6 702'6 720'4 9'2 719'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 705'0 717'0 700'6 716'6 8'2 716'2s 02:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 711'0 722'6 706'6 722'6 7'6 721'6s 02:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 724'0 732'6 717'0 732'6 7'2 732'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 727'0 738'0 723'2 738'0 5'6 738'4s 02:30P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 733'0 733'0 733'0 733'0 6'2 736'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 64335.0 64525.0 62570.0 64205.0 - 180.0 64385.0 02:37P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 64500.0 64755.0 62835.0 64455.0 - 180.0 64635.0 02:37P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 64980.0 63120.0 65975.0 64885.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3975.5 4017.2 3964.2 4017.2 27.1 4012.7 02:37P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 3980.1 4028.9 3963.0 4012.8 20.7 4018.8 02:37P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 3995.0 4037.8 3977.9 4024.7 19.3 4032.1 02:37P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 55.550 55.595 55.015 55.015 0.140 56.038 02:37P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 55.600 56.215 54.875 56.030 0.034 56.133 02:37P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 55.835 56.475 55.000 56.360 0.173 56.326 02:37P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 79.57 82.76 78.61 81.93 2.98 82.49 02:37P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 78.86 82.07 77.93 81.23 2.95 81.78 02:37P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 77.97 80.61 77.00 79.84 2.50 80.34 02:37P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
My Custom Markets
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