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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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3/16		 Tue
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3/20
Weather
Condition		 Mostly Cloudy Snow Snow Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
Weather Mostly Cloudy Snow Snow Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
Temp
L/H (°F)		 9/28 3/25 22/47 35/61 39/71
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 -6/2 -10/14 10/44 30/61 35/71
Dew Point
(°F)		 9 10 27 39 44
Humidity
(%)		 74 68 74 71 66
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 21 8 5 7 10
Precip
 (%)		 - 80 54 - -
Precip
Amt (in.)
 None S: 1-2
L: 0.08		 S: 1/4-1
L: 0.02		 None None
Evap
(in./day)		 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.1 0.15
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DTN Market News
Shippers and Railroads Comment on STB Reciprocal Switching Rule Proposal
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DTN Midday Grain Comments 03/16 10:48
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DTN Cattle Prices 03/16 11:45
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 03/16 06:21
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 03/16 11:41
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 03/13 15:35
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 03/13
Weekly Beef Export Sales 03/12 07:35
DTN Livestock Stats at a Glance
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Trump Deportation Agenda at Crossroads 03/16 06:57
Taiwan Sees Large-Scale China Presence 03/16 07:00
Financial Markets 03/16 09:34

Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 15oF Feels Like: -3oF
Humid: 80% Dew Pt: 10oF
Barom: 30.06 Wind Dir: NW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 22 mph
Sunrise: 7:16 Sunset: 7:14
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Major Winter Storm Still Moving Through US Monday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
High: 28°F
Low: 9°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 25°F
Low: 3°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 47°F
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Precip: 54%		 High: 61°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 464'6 466'0 452'0 454'6 -13'2 454'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 475'4 477'0 464'0 466'6 -12'4 465'6s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 476'2 478'2 464'4 467'6 -12'0 467'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 488'4 490'2 476'6 480'0 -11'4 480'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 497'6 499'0 486'6 490'2 -9'6 490'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 501'4 504'0 492'4 496'0 -8'6 496'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'2 506'4 495'4 499'0 -8'0 499'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 483'6 483'6 475'4 476'4 -7'2 477'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 486'2 488'2 479'0 480'4 -7'6 480'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1214'0 1214'0 1155'2 1155'2 -70'0 1155'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1225'0 1225'6 1167'4 1167'4 -70'0 1167'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1208'6 1208'6 1150'6 1153'4 -66'0 1152'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1160'2 1164'2 1119'0 1122'6 -48'0 1121'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1155'2 1159'0 1118'6 1122'2 -40'6 1120'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1165'0 1168'0 1130'2 1133'4 -38'4 1131'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1156'0 1163'4 1128'6 1132'2 -34'0 1130'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1157'4 1164'2 1131'6 1135'6 -32'2 1133'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1168'6 1170'4 1138'0 1142'0 -30'2 1140'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3190 3198 3112 3125 -105 3122s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3213 3213 3122 3128 -115 3127s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3170 3170 3108 3114 - 96 3113s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3132 3137 3089 3096 - 76 3094s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3121 3121 3065 3073 - 57 3071s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3139 3139 3097 3107 - 51 3104s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3126 3137 3100 3111 - 43 3107s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3111 3124 3094 3100 - 35 3098s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3110 3127 3095 3103 - 26 3101s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 93.700 94.150 93.400 93.500 0.050 93.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.800 99.075 98.325 98.325 - 0.075 98.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.475 108.125 107.175 107.250 - 0.125 107.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.325 110.200 109.250 109.300 0.025 109.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.000 109.600 108.700 108.775 0.125 108.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.650 92.875 92.075 92.175 0.125 92.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.575 84.300 83.575 83.850 0.275 83.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.400 86.550 86.125 86.350 0.250 86.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 230.900 233.950 230.825 233.200 2.350 233.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 228.925 232.325 228.850 231.850 2.925 231.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 226.825 230.075 226.825 229.725 2.850 229.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 225.000 228.450 225.000 228.050 2.750 227.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.750 228.650 225.500 228.225 2.575 228.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 225.775 228.800 225.775 228.300 2.400 228.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.025 228.050 226.025 227.700 2.250 227.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.925 221.025 218.925 220.700 2.300 220.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 350.625 355.825 350.625 355.700 5.975 355.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 344.125 350.300 344.125 350.050 6.750 349.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 340.575 346.000 340.000 345.775 6.375 345.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 341.025 345.650 340.525 345.550 5.825 345.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 340.000 344.425 340.000 344.250 5.650 344.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 339.425 343.150 339.425 342.825 5.500 342.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 339.050 340.975 338.850 340.850 5.325 340.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 333.625 335.275 332.725 335.275 5.775 335.050s 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 46392.00 47219.00 46392.00 47042.00 450.00 46592.00 01:36P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 46800.00 47520.00 46610.00 47342.00 456.00 46886.00 01:36P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6608.50 6728.00 6608.50 6711.00 75.00 6636.00 01:36P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6659.75 6778.25 6656.00 6761.75 76.00 6685.75 01:36P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24285.00 24764.50 24278.00 24709.50 315.25 24394.25 01:36P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 24500.00 24980.00 24491.50 24924.75 319.00 24605.75 01:36P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.07 67.15 63.94 63.94 -3.50 63.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 66.86 66.87 63.62 63.62 -3.50 63.62s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.12 66.12 62.74 62.74 -3.50 62.74s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.32 65.32 61.89 61.89 -3.50 61.89s 01:20P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.72 64.25 60.99 61.09 -3.40 61.09s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.87 63.87 60.54 60.67 -3.32 60.68s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.99 63.28 60.19 60.34 -3.22 60.30s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.59 62.65 59.53 59.63 -3.11 59.65s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 609'2 613'6 594'4 597'0 -16'4 597'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 620'4 624'4 606'0 608'0 -16'6 607'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 633'0 636'6 619'0 621'2 -16'4 620'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 649'6 652'6 636'4 638'0 -15'4 638'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 659'2 665'6 650'2 651'4 -15'2 651'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 664'0 667'0 657'0 657'0 -14'6 657'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 658'0 658'0 644'2 644'2 -12'4 646'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 661'2 663'0 650'6 650'6 -11'4 650'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 661'6 663'2 661'4 662'4 -11'0 659'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 72245.0 74745.0 71845.0 74440.0 3115.0 71325.0 01:37P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 72455.0 74880.0 72045.0 74740.0 3150.0 71590.0 01:37P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 72735.0 75000.0 72515.0 74295.0 2385.0 71910.0 01:37P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5001.6 5001.6 4996.5 4996.5 - 56.0 4994.0 01:37P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5010.0 5044.5 4970.1 5015.7 - 46.0 5002.2 01:37P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5029.4 5057.1 4990.6 5030.9 - 49.0 5020.5 01:37P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 79.000 80.400 79.000 80.400 -0.514 80.263 01:37P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 79.780 81.500 76.965 80.970 -0.088 80.402 01:37P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 80.295 81.820 77.125 81.225 -0.118 80.682 01:37P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 100.93 102.44 92.97 93.58 - 5.13 93.50 01:36P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 98.76 99.95 91.82 92.54 -4.30 92.46 01:36P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 94.00 94.98 88.06 88.67 -3.81 88.54 01:36P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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