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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 67/81 61/81 59/81 63/82 68/88
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Like
L/H (°F)		 67/83 61/82 59/82 63/85 68/95
Dew Point
(°F)		 68 63 63 65 69
Humidity
(%)		 73 70 68 74 70
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Speed
(mph)		 9 6 3 11 12
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 72oF Feels Like: 73oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 72oF
Barom: 29.99 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 5 mph
Sunrise: 6:27 Sunset: 7:49
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 PM
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Front Moving Through Central US Tuesday
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Cold front tracking southeast brings scattered severe storms to Plains and Midwest through Wednesday. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Local Forecast
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 500'4 505'6 499'0 505'2 4'6 500'4 08/25 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 524'0 528'6 521'2 528'0 4'4 523'4 08/25 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 538'2 543'4 536'4 542'6 4'2 538'4 08/25 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 545'0 550'0 543'0 549'4 4'4 545'0 08/25 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 546'0 551'6 545'0 551'0 4'2 546'6 08/25 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 520'6 524'6 520'4 524'4 3'0 521'4 08/25 Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 521'4 525'0 521'0 524'4 2'4 522'0 08/25 Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 530'6 535'0 530'6 535'0 3'0 532'0 08/25 Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 539'0 540'0 539'0 540'0 2'6 537'2 08/25 Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1228'4 1229'4 1223'2 1226'4 -1'4 1228'0 08/25 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1238'0 1238'6 1232'0 1237'2 -0'4 1237'6 08/25 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1252'0 1253'4 1246'6 1251'2 -1'0 1252'2 08/25 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1257'6 1259'2 1253'0 1257'0 -1'2 1258'2 08/25 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1263'4 1265'0 1259'0 1262'2 -1'6 1264'0 08/25 Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1267'0 1268'2 1262'4 1266'6 -0'6 1267'4 08/25 Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1247'4 1251'2 1246'2 1249'6 -0'6 1250'4 08/25 Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1214'4 1214'4 1210'4 1213'4 -0'2 1213'6 08/25 Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1202'6 1203'4 1199'6 1202'4 -0'4 1203'0 08/25 Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3203 3227 3191 3226 23 3203 08/25 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3248 3263 3226 3262 25 3237 08/25 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3303 3317 3280 3315 23 3292 08/25 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3333 3344 3309 3344 23 3321 08/25 Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3363 3373 3339 3371 20 3351 08/25 Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3392 3398 3366 3397 19 3378 08/25 Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3420 3423 3393 3422 18 3404 08/25 Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3388 3405 3381 3404 16 3388 08/25 Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3363 3363 3363 3363 3363 08/25 Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81.075 81.575 80.075 80.425 -0.675 80.450s 08/25 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.400 72.150 70.150 70.350 -1.125 70.350s 08/25 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 74.375 74.975 72.900 73.225 -1.250 73.175s 08/25 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.950 80.225 78.575 78.900 -1.050 78.775s 08/25 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 84.625 84.625 83.200 83.200 -0.975 83.250s 08/25 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.950 93.300 92.100 92.325 -0.850 92.175s 08/25 Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.750 94.750 93.750 93.975 -0.750 93.850s 08/25 Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.250 94.425 93.450 93.675 -0.750 93.500s 08/25 Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.325 79.325 78.300 78.300 -0.950 78.375s 08/25 Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 71.100 -0.425 70.700s 08/25 Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 74.000 -0.425 74.000s 08/25 Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 220.000 220.100 217.900 218.250 - 1.975 218.100s 08/25 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 213.500 214.000 210.450 210.825 - 2.650 210.950s 08/25 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 214.200 214.700 211.700 211.925 - 2.075 212.125s 08/25 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 215.600 216.050 213.150 213.375 - 2.100 213.500s 08/25 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 217.050 217.350 214.825 215.150 - 1.875 215.225s 08/25 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 210.925 211.050 208.925 209.600 - 1.575 209.475s 08/25 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 207.500 207.500 205.275 206.025 - 1.275 206.150s 08/25 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 206.000 206.000 204.500 205.100 - 1.125 205.200s 08/25 Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 206.850 - 1.100 205.750s 08/25 Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 206.225 206.225 206.225 206.225 - 0.725 206.225s 08/25 Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 333.425 335.225 332.650 333.800 0.150 333.725s 08/25 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 323.975 324.425 318.250 319.350 - 4.950 319.275s 08/25 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 317.650 318.925 312.575 313.650 - 4.950 313.325s 08/25 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 310.275 311.800 305.300 306.000 - 5.275 305.700s 08/25 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 302.525 303.400 297.400 298.075 - 5.125 297.750s 08/25 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 299.550 300.050 294.300 295.100 - 5.375 294.550s 08/25 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 300.650 300.650 295.025 295.900 - 5.475 295.175s 08/25 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 299.450 299.450 295.000 296.000 - 5.650 295.225s 08/25 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 300.000 300.000 295.675 296.600 - 4.700 296.000s 08/25 Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53643.00 53694.00 53591.00 53624.00 - 21.00 53645.00 08/25 Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54048.00 54090.00 54016.00 54048.00 - 5.00 54053.00 08/25 Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7691.50 7694.00 7670.75 7682.75 - 9.25 7692.00 08/25 Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7758.50 7758.50 7737.75 7751.00 - 7.25 7758.25 08/25 Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29288.00 29309.75 29096.00 29225.00 - 51.75 29276.75 08/25 Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29588.00 29593.00 29389.50 29516.00 - 51.00 29567.00 08/25 Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 67.33 67.33 66.59 66.75 -0.77 67.52 08/25 Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.52 67.57 66.76 66.95 -0.75 67.70 08/25 Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.64 67.67 66.83 67.07 -0.71 67.78 08/25 Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.57 67.63 66.85 67.06 -0.72 67.78 08/25 Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.77 67.77 66.94 67.11 -0.71 67.82 08/25 Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.81 67.81 67.00 67.07 -0.74 67.81 08/25 Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.66 67.66 66.93 67.03 -0.63 67.66 08/25 Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 66.86 66.86 66.49 66.57 -0.61 67.18 08/25 Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 686'4 697'6 683'4 694'2 8'6 685'4 08/25 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 704'2 715'2 700'6 712'2 9'0 703'2 08/25 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 720'6 732'6 719'0 730'2 9'0 721'2 08/25 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 729'4 740'6 727'4 738'2 8'4 729'6 08/25 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 729'0 739'2 727'4 737'0 7'6 729'2 08/25 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 735'4 744'4 733'4 742'2 6'4 735'6 08/25 Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 749'0 754'0 749'0 752'6 5'4 747'2 08/25 Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 754'4 760'0 754'4 760'0 5'4 754'4 08/25 Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 752'4 0'0 752'4 08/25 Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 78280.0 79360.0 78035.0 78930.0 - 80.0 79010.0 08/25 Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 78600.0 79715.0 78285.0 79290.0 - 45.0 79335.0 08/25 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 80040.0 79155.0 79955.0 79710.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4630.0 4638.1 Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4661.1 4676.7 4640.6 4644.8 3.9 4640.9 08/25 Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4679.6 4694.4 4651.0 4662.1 3.9 4658.2 08/25 Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 69.310 69.310 69.310 69.310 0.674 68.636 08/25 Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 68.630 69.750 68.190 69.020 0.338 68.682 08/25 Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 69.210 70.000 68.490 69.265 0.340 68.925 08/25 Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81.11 81.31 80.08 80.60 -1.76 82.36 08/25 Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 79.71 79.88 78.83 79.32 -1.56 80.88 08/25 Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 78.11 78.24 77.34 77.80 -1.35 79.15 08/25 Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
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