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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 23/48 32/60 39/74 44/77 40/61
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L/H (°F)		 35/45 28/60 35/74 41/77 32/61
Dew Point
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Humidity
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Shippers and Railroads Comment on STB Reciprocal Switching Rule Proposal
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 03/17
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 43oF Feels Like: 39oF
Humid: 66% Dew Pt: 32oF
Barom: 29.98 Wind Dir: WSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 7:12 Sunset: 7:16
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Warmth Continues to Spread Thursday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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High: 48°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 454'6 464'4 451'4 463'4 9'2 463'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 466'0 476'0 463'2 474'6 9'0 474'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 468'4 478'6 466'2 477'4 8'6 477'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 482'2 491'6 479'6 490'4 8'0 489'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 493'4 501'2 490'2 500'4 7'2 499'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 500'0 507'0 497'2 505'4 7'0 505'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 502'4 509'4 499'0 508'6 6'6 508'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 478'4 484'6 478'4 484'2 4'6 483'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 481'4 487'2 480'0 485'6 4'4 485'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1156'2 1165'2 1148'0 1163'6 4'6 1161'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1171'2 1180'0 1162'4 1179'0 5'2 1176'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1163'0 1173'0 1154'0 1172'0 7'2 1169'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1133'0 1144'4 1127'2 1143'0 9'6 1141'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1130'0 1145'0 1128'0 1143'0 10'2 1141'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1141'2 1155'2 1139'0 1153'6 10'0 1152'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1141'2 1152'6 1137'2 1150'6 9'2 1150'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1141'0 1155'0 1140'2 1153'0 8'6 1152'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1148'2 1160'2 1146'2 1158'4 8'6 1158'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3124 3223 3110 3217 100 3217s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3121 3195 3108 3193 75 3192s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3105 3167 3089 3166 65 3165s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3088 3142 3070 3142 57 3139s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3071 3121 3051 3121 54 3118s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3099 3153 3083 3150 49 3147s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3104 3155 3087 3155 47 3150s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3096 3150 3082 3150 47 3144s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3104 3154 3084 3153 48 3147s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 93.725 94.075 93.450 93.750 0.025 93.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.300 98.800 98.250 98.700 0.075 98.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.675 107.725 106.925 107.425 - 0.250 107.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.850 109.850 108.975 109.525 - 0.125 109.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.125 109.225 108.500 108.950 - 0.225 109.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.375 92.875 91.975 92.550 92.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.075 84.650 83.850 84.475 0.100 84.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.575 87.100 86.300 86.925 0.100 87.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 234.500 235.675 234.050 235.575 0.175 235.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 232.000 234.325 232.000 234.225 0.300 234.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 230.125 231.925 230.125 231.800 0.275 231.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 228.700 230.000 228.375 229.900 0.200 229.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 229.100 230.325 228.800 230.225 0.275 230.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.400 230.575 229.075 230.475 0.375 230.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.850 230.000 228.500 229.925 0.500 229.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 221.950 223.125 221.625 223.125 0.775 222.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 358.000 359.700 357.100 359.475 - 1.075 358.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 352.750 354.675 351.950 354.500 - 0.975 353.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 348.500 350.500 347.725 350.400 - 0.750 349.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 348.925 350.375 347.775 350.250 - 0.725 349.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 347.675 349.125 346.700 349.000 - 0.525 348.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 346.150 347.575 344.950 347.575 - 0.425 347.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 344.100 345.175 343.175 345.175 - 0.325 344.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 338.400 339.200 337.500 339.000 - 0.450 338.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 47021.00 47327.00 46410.00 46473.00 - 566.00 47039.00 01:42P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 47349.00 47640.00 46710.00 46772.00 - 576.00 47348.00 01:42P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6722.50 6762.25 6655.25 6664.00 - 57.75 6721.75 01:42P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6774.00 6814.00 6706.25 6715.00 - 58.25 6773.25 01:42P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24796.00 24989.00 24570.00 24607.75 - 187.75 24795.50 01:42P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25019.75 25210.50 24787.25 24828.00 - 187.50 25015.50 01:42P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 66.00 67.03 64.73 65.50 -0.44 65.53s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.62 66.76 64.60 65.37 -0.35 65.37s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 64.76 65.76 63.73 64.54 -0.21 64.54s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 63.84 64.76 62.88 63.71 -0.14 63.73s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.00 63.85 62.00 62.84 -0.10 62.86s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.50 63.35 61.58 62.42 -0.07 62.43s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.01 62.84 61.22 62.02 -0.04 62.04s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.11 62.12 60.56 61.35 -0.02 61.34s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 590'0 607'6 586'0 605'4 14'4 604'2s 01:20P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 601'0 618'6 597'0 616'6 14'6 615'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 614'0 631'4 610'0 629'0 14'4 627'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 632'6 647'6 626'6 645'2 14'0 644'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 646'0 660'6 641'0 658'4 13'4 657'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 649'6 664'6 648'0 663'2 13'4 663'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 643'2 654'2 643'2 654'2 14'0 655'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 649'0 655'2 649'0 655'0 13'4 658'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 656'4 661'0 656'4 661'0 13'2 667'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 74765.0 74895.0 70935.0 71770.0 -2915.0 74685.0 01:43P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 74400.0 75070.0 71330.0 72030.0 -2925.0 74955.0 01:43P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 74405.0 74405.0 72830.0 72830.0 -2460.0 75290.0 01:43P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4949.6 4949.6 4842.1 4872.4 -111.1 4889.9 01:42P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5010.6 5022.0 4837.1 4882.4 -125.8 4896.2 01:42P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5032.0 5037.9 4855.0 4904.4 -122.3 4914.1 01:42P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 76.500 77.735 76.500 77.735 -2.292 77.238 01:42P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 79.125 79.985 75.670 76.820 -2.831 77.332 01:42P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 79.390 80.320 75.635 76.480 -3.441 77.592 01:42P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 96.00 99.41 91.96 97.08 0.87 96.32 01:42P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 95.27 98.67 91.45 96.10 0.57 95.46 01:42P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 91.50 94.57 88.20 92.89 1.25 92.43 01:42P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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