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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 56/63 53/60 49/67 51/66 54/67
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L/H (°F)		 56/63 53/60 47/67 51/66 54/67
Dew Point
(°F)		 58 55 53 55 56
Humidity
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 61oF Feels Like: 61oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 61oF
Barom: 30.1 Wind Dir: ENE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:53 Sunset: 7:05
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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Front Continues into Southeast Tuesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 63°F
Low: 56°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 60°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 527'4 543'4 526'2 543'0 15'4 543'0s 03:56P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 541'2 557'0 540'0 556'6 15'2 556'6s 03:56P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 548'0 563'2 546'6 563'0 14'6 563'0s 04:40P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 550'4 564'6 549'0 564'0 13'4 564'4s 04:39P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 521'4 534'4 520'0 533'4 11'6 534'2s 03:34P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 525'4 537'2 523'4 536'4 11'0 537'0s 03:56P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 536'6 548'6 536'6 548'4 10'2 548'4s 03:32P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 546'6 555'0 546'2 555'0 10'0 555'0s 01:30P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 546'0 557'2 546'0 557'2 9'4 557'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1304'0 1328'4 1303'4 1327'0 24'4 1328'0s 03:56P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1320'2 1344'2 1320'2 1342'6 24'0 1344'0s 02:42P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1329'0 1352'0 1329'0 1350'2 22'2 1351'6s 03:51P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1336'6 1358'2 1336'6 1356'4 21'4 1358'0s 03:51P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1340'4 1361'4 1340'2 1360'0 20'6 1361'2s 03:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1324'6 1342'0 1323'6 1341'0 20'0 1342'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1283'4 1298'2 1280'4 1297'4 18'0 1298'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1265'0 1283'2 1265'0 1281'2 16'4 1282'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1275'0 1292'2 1275'0 1291'0 16'4 1291'6s 01:30P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3567 3671 3560 3656 120 3666s 03:48P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3603 3690 3591 3677 98 3684s 03:52P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3625 3691 3610 3681 83 3687s 02:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3622 3687 3620 3679 67 3684s 02:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3629 3690 3627 3683 65 3688s 03:51P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3652 3700 3638 3695 64 3699s 03:52P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3634 3654 3605 3652 56 3653s 02:31P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3562 3595 3555 3593 45 3594s 02:32P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3495 3526 3495 3526 32 3525s 01:30P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 78.525 78.900 78.000 78.200 0.050 78.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 68.900 70.200 68.525 69.825 1.250 69.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 70.450 71.700 69.975 71.275 1.200 71.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 75.750 77.025 75.600 76.700 1.050 76.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 81.075 81.625 81.075 81.625 0.750 81.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 89.400 90.225 89.225 90.025 0.725 90.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 91.225 91.975 91.225 91.900 0.700 91.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 91.075 91.825 91.050 91.700 0.800 91.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 76.375 76.925 76.375 76.925 0.750 77.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 69.525 69.950 69.525 69.900 0.300 69.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 0.300 73.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 219.000 221.275 218.025 221.150 5.025 220.950s 02:30P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 219.950 222.600 218.950 222.175 5.375 222.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 220.950 223.775 219.775 223.150 5.750 223.100s 02:30P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 221.225 224.750 220.600 224.175 5.950 224.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 215.675 219.000 215.050 218.700 5.850 218.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 212.675 215.450 211.775 215.300 5.475 215.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 211.575 213.900 210.975 213.900 5.075 213.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 211.825 214.375 211.825 214.300 4.650 214.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 214.000 214.425 214.000 214.425 4.625 214.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 210.000 211.550 210.000 211.550 3.875 213.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 337.750 338.450 335.750 337.800 3.900 337.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 328.550 331.175 327.075 330.700 6.750 330.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 322.875 327.025 321.900 326.550 8.100 326.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 313.800 318.900 313.000 318.450 9.225 318.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 308.825 314.500 308.825 314.175 9.150 313.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 309.250 314.275 308.725 313.600 9.025 313.775s 03:07P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 308.775 312.950 307.825 312.950 8.900 312.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 309.675 314.700 309.675 314.250 9.300 314.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 307.500 311.975 307.500 311.925 9.300 312.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 52085.00 52557.00 52080.00 52453.00 396.00 52475.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52686.00 53004.00 52662.00 52995.00 414.00 52967.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7722.00 7847.25 7713.75 7829.25 121.00 7833.50s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7802.00 7926.25 7795.00 7912.00 122.75 7915.50s 04:00P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 29938.00 30862.75 29904.00 30781.00 867.50 30784.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 30291.50 31236.25 30270.00 31141.75 882.00 31154.25s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.58 68.56 67.02 68.28 0.62 68.32s 02:39P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.13 69.10 67.57 68.79 0.63 68.85s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.39 69.33 67.86 69.01 0.57 69.09s 03:53P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.57 69.43 68.06 69.11 0.52 69.21s 03:53P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.58 69.44 68.15 69.20 0.52 69.27s 03:52P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.48 69.26 68.03 69.09 0.54 69.14s 03:52P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.06 68.59 67.48 68.52 0.52 68.57s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.43 67.94 67.01 67.87 0.48 67.94s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 716'0 730'0 715'2 726'0 12'4 726'6s 03:55P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 731'4 745'4 731'4 741'6 12'6 742'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 740'2 753'0 740'2 749'6 12'4 750'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 738'2 750'2 738'2 746'6 9'6 747'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 742'4 753'6 742'4 750'0 8'4 751'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 757'0 762'0 752'6 759'6 7'6 760'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 766'4 766'4 758'2 765'0 7'2 765'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 761'2 761'2 761'2 761'2 6'6 761'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 728'0 6'0 740'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 86740.0 86950.0 86620.0 86950.0 360.0 86590.0 04:40P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 87452.5 87235.0 87620.0 87095.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 82400.0 88120.0 82150.0 88120.0 5390.0 87485.0s 04:01P Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 4366.7 4368.1 4366.7 4368.1 - 40.1 4345.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4381.8 4387.8 4326.6 4347.9 - 40.5 4350.2s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4395.6 4405.2 4348.1 4372.0 - 40.9 4367.4s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 66.440 66.665 66.440 66.500 -0.731 65.825s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 66.285 67.000 65.730 66.190 -0.731 65.886s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 66.545 67.285 66.000 66.320 -0.733 66.159s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 101.00 101.08 94.22 95.49 - 4.52 95.78s 04:00P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 96.75 97.22 91.19 91.97 -3.71 92.37s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 92.62 92.97 88.18 88.80 -2.89 89.16s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
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