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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 44/56 37/64 58/70 62/81 66/84
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 41/56 32/64 58/70 62/83 66/86
Dew Point
(°F)		 41 45 57 63 66
Humidity
(%)		 61 73 76 71 66
Wind
Speed
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Precip
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 52oF Feels Like: 52oF
Humid: 94% Dew Pt: 50oF
Barom: 30.34 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 13 mph
Sunrise: 6:34 Sunset: 7:41
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
System Opening Door for Widespread Rain This Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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Friday
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High: 56°F
Low: 44°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 64°F
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Precip: 50%		 High: 84°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 444'6 446'2 438'0 440'6 -3'0 441'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 455'0 456'4 448'4 450'6 -3'6 451'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 459'0 460'4 453'6 455'6 -3'0 456'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 474'0 475'2 469'2 471'6 -2'0 472'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 486'0 487'2 482'0 484'2 -1'6 484'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 492'4 493'0 488'6 491'0 -1'6 491'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 496'0 496'6 492'2 494'2 -2'0 494'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 480'0 480'2 476'2 478'0 -2'0 478'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 485'2 485'6 481'6 484'0 -1'6 483'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1166'4 1179'2 1164'4 1174'4 10'4 1175'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1182'2 1194'4 1180'4 1189'6 10'2 1191'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1177'0 1185'2 1175'2 1181'2 6'6 1182'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1152'6 1161'2 1152'6 1156'4 5'4 1158'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1153'0 1160'2 1151'6 1156'2 5'2 1157'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1162'6 1170'6 1162'0 1167'2 5'0 1168'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1160'0 1168'2 1159'0 1164'4 5'2 1166'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1161'0 1171'2 1161'0 1168'0 5'4 1169'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1171'0 1177'6 1170'2 1173'6 5'4 1175'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3180 3347 3177 3322 142 3318s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3166 3307 3163 3282 124 3288s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3148 3260 3144 3238 97 3243s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3119 3221 3119 3200 88 3206s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3084 3190 3084 3168 87 3177s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3117 3222 3113 3199 86 3207s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3130 3224 3130 3210 86 3212s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3118 3211 3118 3195 84 3202s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3121 3207 3121 3197 82 3200s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.500 90.775 90.425 90.625 0.050 90.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 95.600 95.950 95.225 95.225 -0.375 95.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 103.950 104.500 103.500 103.550 - 0.400 103.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.875 107.450 106.300 106.450 - 0.350 106.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 106.875 107.450 106.225 106.325 - 0.425 106.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.650 92.275 90.825 91.175 -0.475 91.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.725 84.400 82.975 83.425 -0.475 83.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.475 86.875 85.500 85.950 -0.525 85.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.050 252.250 249.750 251.875 2.000 251.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 248.000 249.950 247.150 249.075 2.000 249.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 243.900 245.675 243.450 244.700 1.400 244.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 239.900 241.300 239.525 240.500 0.900 240.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 239.250 240.475 238.875 239.725 0.675 239.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 238.600 239.925 238.600 239.275 0.650 239.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.000 239.000 237.725 238.475 0.575 238.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 231.250 232.200 230.975 231.675 0.700 231.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 373.225 375.000 372.275 373.875 1.625 374.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 371.500 373.100 370.175 372.275 1.925 372.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 370.950 373.250 370.300 372.375 2.325 372.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 369.000 371.350 368.700 370.525 2.200 370.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 366.500 368.850 366.500 368.225 2.175 368.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 363.550 365.750 363.550 365.000 2.025 364.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 357.075 358.700 356.825 357.875 1.775 357.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 351.825 353.000 351.825 352.600 1.875 352.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 48380.00 48520.00 48073.00 48161.00 - 255.00 48416.00 01:36P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 48673.00 48709.00 48369.00 48452.00 - 253.00 48705.00 01:36P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6858.00 6888.00 6846.25 6854.50 - 8.75 6863.25 01:36P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6911.50 6938.00 6899.75 6908.00 - 8.00 6916.00 01:36P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 25237.00 25393.00 25193.00 25254.75 3.25 25251.50 01:36P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 25463.50 25608.00 25431.25 25505.50 26.25 25479.25 01:36P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.85 67.87 66.58 67.10 -0.61 67.09s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.72 67.79 66.50 67.00 -0.60 67.02s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.58 66.71 65.46 65.92 -0.60 65.95s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.53 65.66 64.45 64.87 -0.60 64.89s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.39 64.58 63.44 63.83 -0.58 63.85s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.83 63.96 62.85 63.19 -0.53 63.25s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.44 63.55 62.53 62.87 -0.48 62.94s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.83 62.92 62.00 62.36 -0.39 62.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 572'6 577'6 567'4 570'0 -3'4 571'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 584'0 587'4 577'6 579'4 -4'2 580'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 596'2 599'6 590'2 591'6 -4'4 593'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 615'4 618'0 609'0 610'2 -4'2 611'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 630'4 632'4 624'2 625'6 -4'2 626'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 638'2 638'2 632'2 633'0 -4'4 634'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 637'2 637'4 629'4 632'6 -4'4 632'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 639'6 639'6 639'2 639'6 -5'0 638'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 654'4 654'4 647'0 651'0 -5'6 648'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 72510.0 73555.0 71570.0 73190.0 900.0 72290.0 01:35P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 73330.0 73910.0 71915.0 73545.0 925.0 72620.0 01:35P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 73575.0 73860.0 72865.0 73860.0 980.0 72880.0 01:35P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4745.9 4791.0 4745.9 4750.1 - 42.1 4761.9 01:35P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4785.4 4801.2 4737.8 4773.5 - 27.1 4770.1 01:35P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4790.5 4820.0 4752.7 4795.4 - 22.6 4787.4 01:35P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 75.305 76.650 75.305 76.650 0.047 76.324 01:35P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 75.500 77.005 74.880 76.650 0.212 76.480 01:35P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 75.805 77.245 75.265 76.830 0.103 76.763 01:35P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 98.23 100.42 96.02 96.33 - 1.54 96.57 01:35P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 90.30 91.80 89.02 89.25 -0.68 89.58 01:35P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 85.37 86.48 84.15 84.53 -0.26 84.93 01:35P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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