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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Partly Cloudy Rain Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 44/60 40/60 36/57 35/61 43/71
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Like
L/H (°F)		 38/60 40/60 32/57 32/61 39/71
Dew Point
(°F)		 35 36 32 34 41
Humidity
(%)		 47 50 48 48 53
Wind
Speed
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 48oF Feels Like: 43oF
Humid: 66% Dew Pt: 37oF
Barom: 30.03 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 13 mph
Sunrise: 6:06 Sunset: 8:01
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
Showers and Thunderstorms Continue across the South, East Wednesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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Wednesday
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High: 60°F
Low: 44°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 60°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 464'2 466'6 463'6 465'6 0'4 465'2 05:59A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 474'6 477'4 474'0 476'4 1'0 475'4 05:59A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 479'0 482'6 479'0 482'0 1'4 480'4 05:59A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 495'0 498'0 494'2 497'2 1'4 495'6 05:59A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 507'0 510'4 507'0 509'6 1'0 508'6 05:59A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 514'4 517'4 514'2 517'2 1'2 516'0 05:59A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 517'4 520'2 517'2 520'2 1'2 519'0 05:59A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 496'6 498'4 496'6 498'4 0'6 497'6 05:58A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 499'4 501'4 499'0 501'2 0'4 500'6 05:58A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1173'2 1179'2 1171'0 1176'2 3'2 1173'0 05:59A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1189'2 1195'6 1187'0 1192'4 3'2 1189'2 05:59A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1183'6 1189'6 1183'2 1187'0 3'6 1183'2 05:59A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1161'6 1167'4 1161'6 1166'0 4'0 1162'0 05:59A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1166'4 1172'4 1164'0 1170'6 3'6 1167'0 05:59A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1178'0 1183'6 1178'0 1183'0 4'2 1178'6 05:59A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1175'4 1181'0 1175'4 1180'0 4'2 1175'6 05:59A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1177'4 1182'6 1177'4 1182'4 4'4 1178'0 05:59A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1184'4 1188'4 1183'0 1187'6 4'2 1183'4 05:59A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3335 3367 3334 3347 13 3334 05:59A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3274 3311 3265 3287 13 3274 05:59A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3204 3235 3195 3214 9 3205 05:59A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3143 3182 3143 3163 8 3155 05:59A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3122 3146 3108 3127 5 3122 05:59A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3136 3173 3136 3154 2 3152 05:59A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3140 3176 3140 3156 1 3155 05:59A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3144 3161 3142 3142 3142 05:59A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3146 3156 3138 3138 - 1 3139 05:59A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 94.200 94.500 93.700 94.200 -0.225 94.150s 04/28 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 102.100 102.425 101.100 102.000 - 0.200 101.975s 04/28 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.975 104.975 104.025 104.450 - 0.600 104.425s 04/28 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.500 105.525 104.675 104.900 - 0.775 104.825s 04/28 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.100 91.100 90.150 90.325 -0.750 90.275s 04/28 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.425 83.425 82.725 82.875 -0.625 82.800s 04/28 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.550 86.550 85.825 85.950 -0.625 85.925s 04/28 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.450 90.450 89.825 89.975 -0.525 89.925s 04/28 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.950 253.525 250.400 252.700 2.250 252.675s 04/28 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 249.000 253.750 248.550 253.450 4.550 253.500s 04/28 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 245.500 249.375 245.075 248.950 3.725 249.100s 04/28 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 241.050 244.225 240.700 243.950 3.000 244.050s 04/28 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 240.225 243.250 240.225 242.950 2.575 243.100s 04/28 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 240.425 242.825 240.200 242.550 2.300 242.725s 04/28 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 239.800 241.900 239.375 241.625 2.250 241.800s 04/28 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 232.975 235.175 232.675 235.025 2.375 235.075s 04/28 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 370.300 372.250 369.500 371.825 1.500 372.075s 04/28 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 367.225 372.475 365.750 371.875 4.275 371.725s 04/28 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 368.225 373.750 366.950 373.075 4.800 373.075s 04/28 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 366.025 371.800 364.950 371.275 5.000 371.250s 04/28 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 363.575 369.175 362.650 368.625 5.050 368.850s 04/28 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 360.500 366.125 360.375 365.550 5.050 365.875s 04/28 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 353.925 359.900 353.925 359.400 5.125 359.700s 04/28 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 348.775 354.675 348.775 354.650 5.075 354.600s 04/28 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49360.00 49417.00 49247.00 49308.00 11.00 49297.00 05:59A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49716.00 49716.00 49550.00 49551.00 - 47.00 49598.00 05:59A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7172.50 7188.50 7166.50 7175.25 4.25 7171.00 05:59A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7229.75 7240.00 7222.25 7233.50 7.50 7226.00 05:59A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 27197.25 27317.25 27191.75 27258.75 90.00 27168.75 05:59A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 27474.00 27560.00 27448.50 27492.50 75.75 27416.75 05:59A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 73.45 73.94 73.08 73.89 0.51 73.38 05:59A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 72.72 73.27 72.33 73.15 0.63 72.52 05:59A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 70.88 71.50 70.59 71.42 0.70 70.72 05:59A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 69.17 69.96 69.05 69.89 0.75 69.14 05:59A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 68.04 68.66 67.75 68.59 0.78 67.81 05:59A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.12 67.76 66.81 67.69 0.76 66.93 05:59A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 66.50 67.23 66.31 67.16 0.74 66.42 05:59A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 65.90 66.45 65.66 66.43 0.74 65.69 05:59A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 648'6 653'4 645'0 650'6 1'6 649'0 05:59A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 657'0 663'2 653'2 660'4 2'6 657'6 05:59A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 670'0 676'0 666'2 673'4 2'6 670'6 05:59A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 688'0 694'4 684'4 692'0 3'0 689'0 05:59A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 701'2 709'0 699'0 707'2 4'0 703'2 05:59A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 706'2 713'2 704'0 711'2 3'2 708'0 05:59A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 697'6 704'2 695'6 702'6 3'2 699'4 05:59A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 705'0 705'0 704'6 704'6 2'4 702'2 05:59A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 715'0 716'0 715'0 716'0 4'2 711'6 05:58A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76770.0 78325.0 76485.0 77980.0 1320.0 76660.0 05:59A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 76900.0 78590.0 76900.0 78350.0 1370.0 76980.0 05:59A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 77240.0 77350.0 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4598.6 4601.6 4551.7 4564.6 - 27.4 4592.0 05:59A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4611.4 4624.3 4564.5 4581.8 - 26.6 4608.4 05:59A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4622.0 4636.4 4583.7 4601.0 - 23.9 4624.9 05:59A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 72.985 73.815 72.440 72.810 -0.409 73.219 05:59A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 73.370 74.150 72.800 73.080 -0.404 73.484 05:59A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 73.505 74.425 72.955 73.350 -0.395 73.745 05:59A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 99.71 103.82 98.42 103.17 3.24 99.93 05:59A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 94.40 97.98 93.30 97.24 2.69 94.55 05:59A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 89.94 92.70 88.84 91.88 2.09 89.79 05:59A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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