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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Snow Clear Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Clear
Weather Snow Clear Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Clear
Temp
L/H (°F)		 3/26 21/45 36/60 35/72 43/76
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 8/15 8/41 31/60 30/72 39/76
Dew Point
(°F)		 11 26 37 42 47
Humidity
(%)		 61 78 66 67 61
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 10 5 8 10 10
Precip
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Precip
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Evap
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DTN Market News
Shippers and Railroads Comment on STB Reciprocal Switching Rule Proposal
DTN Early Word Grains 03/17 05:47
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DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 03/17 13:40
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DTN Closing Livestock Comment 03/16 15:44
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 19oF Feels Like: 10oF
Humid: 58% Dew Pt: 7oF
Barom: 30.23 Wind Dir: SW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 7:14 Sunset: 7:15
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Warm Air Spreading Tuesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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High: 26°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 453'6 459'0 449'2 454'4 0'0 454'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 464'2 470'4 461'0 466'0 -0'2 465'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 466'2 472'0 464'0 468'6 1'0 468'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 478'4 484'2 477'6 482'2 1'6 481'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 489'6 494'4 488'0 492'6 2'0 492'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 494'6 500'2 494'0 498'6 2'2 498'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 499'6 503'0 497'6 501'6 2'0 501'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 477'6 480'6 474'2 477'6 1'0 478'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 479'4 483'6 476'2 480'6 0'2 480'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1147'0 1170'4 1145'2 1156'4 1'6 1157'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1161'0 1185'0 1159'6 1171'0 3'6 1171'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1148'6 1174'0 1148'6 1162'0 10'2 1162'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1118'6 1142'0 1118'6 1131'4 9'6 1131'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1118'0 1141'6 1118'0 1131'0 10'4 1131'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1131'0 1152'0 1130'4 1142'0 10'4 1142'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1136'2 1150'0 1135'6 1140'2 10'2 1140'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1134'0 1152'2 1134'0 1143'4 10'2 1144'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1144'0 1157'4 1144'0 1149'6 9'6 1149'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3122 3150 3076 3123 - 5 3117s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3131 3156 3089 3121 - 10 3117s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3112 3139 3083 3102 - 13 3100s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3093 3120 3073 3082 - 12 3082s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3074 3097 3060 3064 - 7 3064s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3105 3131 3096 3098 - 6 3098s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3109 3135 3100 3103 - 4 3103s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3101 3129 3094 3096 - 1 3097s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3129 3129 3096 3096 - 2 3099s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 93.500 94.200 93.200 93.800 0.225 93.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.350 98.675 97.875 98.550 0.300 98.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.100 107.900 106.475 107.800 0.525 107.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.175 109.900 108.475 109.775 0.475 109.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 108.200 109.375 108.000 109.275 0.500 109.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.900 92.775 91.650 92.625 0.500 92.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.850 84.600 83.400 84.350 0.625 84.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.300 87.050 85.975 86.775 0.625 86.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 233.750 235.700 233.600 235.000 1.975 235.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 232.250 234.125 231.850 233.525 1.825 233.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 230.025 231.750 229.675 231.075 1.650 231.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 228.125 229.900 227.975 229.325 1.525 229.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 228.475 230.150 228.125 229.600 1.650 229.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 228.300 230.300 228.225 229.700 1.650 229.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 227.700 229.500 227.475 229.200 1.625 229.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 220.725 222.600 220.475 221.875 1.500 221.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 356.000 360.125 355.925 359.450 4.350 359.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 350.650 355.350 350.200 354.525 4.950 354.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 346.275 351.300 345.825 350.300 5.075 350.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 345.675 351.125 345.675 350.200 5.225 350.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 344.700 349.525 344.550 348.900 5.100 349.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 343.500 347.800 343.000 347.175 4.925 347.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 341.375 345.600 341.375 344.975 4.650 345.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 335.700 339.925 335.700 339.350 4.325 339.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 46940.00 47457.00 46708.00 47079.00 95.00 46984.00 01:41P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 47252.00 47765.00 47006.00 47381.00 92.00 47289.00 01:41P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6700.00 6757.50 6665.25 6723.50 18.75 6704.75 01:41P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6751.75 6808.50 6715.75 6774.75 19.25 6755.50 01:41P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24668.75 24896.00 24517.00 24782.00 106.25 24675.75 01:41P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 24870.00 25117.00 24728.25 24998.50 107.25 24891.25 01:41P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 63.60 66.42 63.50 65.89 2.03 65.97s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 63.48 66.15 63.32 65.64 2.10 65.72s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 62.69 65.16 62.60 64.68 2.01 64.75s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 61.93 64.27 61.93 63.82 1.98 63.87s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 61.13 63.32 61.13 62.89 1.87 62.96s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 60.73 62.86 60.68 62.44 1.82 62.50s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 60.70 62.33 60.47 62.03 1.78 62.08s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 60.05 61.57 59.92 61.34 1.71 61.36s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 597'2 607'2 586'6 590'4 -7'4 589'6s 01:20P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 607'6 618'0 598'0 601'4 -7'0 600'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 620'4 630'6 611'0 614'0 -7'4 613'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 637'4 647'6 627'6 631'0 -8'0 630'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 654'4 660'4 641'6 644'6 -7'4 644'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 664'2 664'2 648'0 650'4 -7'0 650'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 647'4 647'4 637'0 639'6 -5'2 641'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 642'4 642'4 642'4 642'4 -5'2 644'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 653'0 653'0 653'0 653'0 -5'6 654'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 74655.0 76190.0 73305.0 74825.0 705.0 74120.0 01:41P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 75000.0 76370.0 73825.0 74970.0 580.0 74390.0 01:41P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 75460.0 76700.0 74450.0 74450.0 - 265.0 74715.0 01:41P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5017.6 5017.6 4994.2 4999.7 5.7 5001.0 01:42P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5012.2 5049.4 4977.0 5006.4 4.2 5008.2 01:42P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5020.0 5066.0 5000.0 5025.1 4.6 5026.7 01:42P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 80.430 82.240 78.580 78.580 -0.733 79.530 01:42P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 80.770 82.200 78.120 79.475 -0.927 79.651 01:42P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 80.920 82.760 78.375 79.615 -1.067 79.921 01:42P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 94.41 98.42 93.83 96.17 2.67 96.21 01:42P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 93.42 97.65 92.88 95.47 3.01 95.53 01:42P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 89.41 93.27 89.02 91.68 3.14 91.64 01:42P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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