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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Rain Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 46/61 44/60 42/60 37/58 37/63
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L/H (°F)		 40/61 39/60 40/60 32/58 34/63
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Humidity
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 48oF Feels Like: 42oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 48oF
Barom: 29.9 Wind Dir: WNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 16 mph
Sunrise: 6:07 Sunset: 8:00
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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System Cruises Through Midwest Monday Night, Front Stays Active for Tuesday
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Strong-to-severe thunderstorms for the Midwest. Severe storms from northeast Texas into the Tennessee Valley Tuesday. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 460'2 464'0 460'0 463'6 3'0 460'6 06:06A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 469'0 473'4 468'6 473'2 4'0 469'2 06:06A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 473'0 478'6 473'0 478'2 4'2 474'0 06:06A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 489'4 494'2 489'2 493'6 4'2 489'4 06:06A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 502'0 507'2 502'0 507'0 4'0 503'0 06:06A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 509'6 514'2 509'6 513'6 3'2 510'4 06:06A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 513'6 517'2 513'6 517'0 3'2 513'6 06:06A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 493'4 496'0 493'4 496'0 2'6 493'2 06:06A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 497'0 500'0 497'0 499'4 2'0 497'4 06:06A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1175'6 1177'6 1169'6 1175'6 -1'4 1177'2 06:06A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1191'0 1192'6 1184'4 1190'4 -1'4 1192'0 06:06A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1183'4 1184'6 1178'0 1183'2 -1'0 1184'2 06:06A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1160'4 1163'0 1156'4 1161'6 0'2 1161'4 06:06A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1163'6 1167'4 1161'0 1167'0 1'2 1165'6 06:06A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1174'2 1179'4 1172'6 1178'4 1'0 1177'4 06:06A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1171'4 1176'4 1170'2 1175'4 1'0 1174'4 06:06A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1174'6 1179'0 1173'4 1177'6 0'4 1177'2 06:06A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1181'0 1184'6 1179'2 1184'0 1'0 1183'0 06:06A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3338 3354 3325 3354 16 3338 06:06A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3277 3291 3266 3291 13 3278 06:06A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3197 3211 3189 3211 9 3202 06:06A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3146 3154 3134 3153 7 3146 06:06A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3111 3119 3099 3118 8 3110 06:06A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3130 3148 3127 3147 8 3139 06:06A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3134 3151 3131 3151 9 3142 06:06A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3116 3137 3116 3137 10 3127 06:06A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3118 3126 3116 3119 - 6 3125 06:06A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 94.400 94.800 94.150 94.500 0.075 94.375s 04/27 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 102.050 102.850 101.975 102.175 0.275 102.175s 04/27 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 105.075 105.600 104.750 105.000 0.125 105.025s 04/27 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.650 106.300 105.375 105.525 0.025 105.600s 04/27 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.950 91.950 91.000 91.025 -0.125 91.025s 04/27 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.475 84.050 83.375 83.450 -0.050 83.425s 04/27 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.750 86.875 86.400 86.575 0.050 86.550s 04/27 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.350 90.625 90.225 90.500 0.050 90.450s 04/27 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 248.750 251.000 248.650 250.625 2.125 250.425s 04/27 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 245.725 249.450 245.375 248.975 3.725 248.950s 04/27 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 242.000 245.750 241.675 245.375 3.725 245.375s 04/27 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.700 241.300 237.600 240.975 3.575 241.050s 04/27 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.375 240.850 237.350 240.500 3.425 240.525s 04/27 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.400 240.650 237.225 240.400 3.375 240.425s 04/27 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.400 239.650 236.200 239.550 3.325 239.550s 04/27 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.400 232.825 229.400 232.800 3.300 232.700s 04/27 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 368.000 372.600 367.875 370.500 2.950 370.575s 04/27 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 361.275 368.025 360.900 367.400 6.550 367.450s 04/27 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 361.775 369.000 361.750 368.325 6.500 368.275s 04/27 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 359.775 366.875 359.750 366.325 6.500 366.250s 04/27 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 357.850 364.500 357.525 363.875 6.275 363.800s 04/27 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 355.375 361.525 354.775 360.875 5.850 360.825s 04/27 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 349.300 355.000 349.200 354.450 5.400 354.575s 04/27 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 343.750 349.675 343.750 349.500 4.950 349.525s 04/27 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49347.00 49549.00 49320.00 49530.00 188.00 49342.00 06:06A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49663.00 49844.00 49622.00 49844.00 202.00 49642.00 06:06A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7204.75 7223.25 7186.00 7186.75 - 19.25 7206.00 06:06A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7268.75 7278.00 7241.00 7245.50 - 15.75 7261.25 06:06A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 27423.00 27512.00 27230.00 27230.00 - 210.50 27440.50 06:06A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 27719.50 27762.75 27500.00 27505.50 - 184.00 27689.50 06:06A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 72.26 72.66 72.18 72.35 0.09 72.26 06:06A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 71.67 72.09 71.56 71.84 0.17 71.67 06:06A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 69.94 70.29 69.82 70.06 0.08 69.98 06:06A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.28 68.70 68.28 68.52 0.04 68.48 06:06A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.05 67.35 66.96 67.20 0.03 67.17 06:06A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 66.17 66.50 66.04 66.36 0.07 66.29 06:06A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.63 65.91 65.56 65.82 0.03 65.79 06:06A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.89 65.18 64.86 65.10 0.02 65.08 06:06A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 620'6 634'6 619'2 634'0 12'4 621'4 06:06A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 629'0 643'2 627'0 642'2 12'4 629'6 06:06A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 641'6 655'4 639'6 655'0 12'4 642'4 06:06A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 660'4 674'0 659'0 673'4 12'2 661'2 06:06A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 675'6 689'4 675'2 689'2 11'6 677'4 06:06A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 682'4 695'6 682'4 695'4 10'6 684'6 06:06A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 680'0 689'0 677'4 688'0 7'0 681'0 06:06A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 685'0 690'0 685'0 690'0 5'0 685'0 06:06A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 699'0 700'6 699'0 700'6 6'0 694'6 06:06A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77065.0 77840.0 76730.0 76835.0 - 355.0 77190.0 06:06A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 77440.0 77985.0 77080.0 77235.0 - 275.0 77510.0 06:06A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 80365.0 77880.0 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4680.9 4680.9 4662.9 4662.9 - 12.5 4675.4 06:06A Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4682.5 4698.4 4603.3 4603.3 - 73.6 4676.9 06:06A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4697.5 4716.5 4615.0 4618.8 - 74.9 4693.7 06:06A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 74.755 75.003 Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 75.460 76.155 72.510 72.950 -2.075 75.025 06:06A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 76.000 76.260 72.965 73.165 -2.126 75.291 06:06A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 96.67 100.11 96.24 99.81 3.44 96.37 06:06A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 91.75 94.64 91.38 94.35 2.90 91.45 06:06A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 87.41 90.00 87.29 89.69 2.39 87.30 06:06A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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