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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 60/74 65/79 65/82 68/78 63/71
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 60/76 65/82 65/88 68/80 63/72
Dew Point
(°F)		 65 67 69 71 65
Humidity
(%)		 98 89 84 93 91
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 5 3 10 8 8
Precip
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 64oF Feels Like: 65oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 64oF
Barom: 30.19 Wind Dir: NE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 6:48 Sunset: 7:14
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 AM
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Quick System Moves Through the Northern Plains and Southern Canadian Prairies on Wednesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 74°F
Low: 60°F
Precip: 73%		 High: 79°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 535'6 539'0 534'0 538'0 2'2 535'6 03:07A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 550'2 553'2 548'4 552'4 2'2 550'2 03:07A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 556'6 559'2 555'0 559'0 2'2 556'6 03:07A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 559'2 562'0 557'6 561'2 1'6 559'4 03:07A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 532'0 533'6 530'6 533'2 0'6 532'4 03:07A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 535'4 537'2 534'0 537'0 1'0 536'0 03:07A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 546'4 546'4 546'4 546'4 -1'0 547'4 03:07A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 554'0 554'0 554'0 554'0 0'0 554'0 03:07A Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 557'4 557'4 557'4 557'4 1'2 556'2 03:06A Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1318'0 1328'6 1314'6 1327'4 8'6 1318'6 03:07A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1334'2 1345'0 1331'4 1344'2 9'0 1335'2 03:07A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1342'0 1352'2 1339'2 1351'4 8'4 1343'0 03:07A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1347'6 1357'4 1345'0 1357'0 8'2 1348'6 03:07A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1349'4 1359'6 1348'0 1359'6 8'0 1351'6 03:07A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1330'4 1340'0 1329'2 1339'4 7'0 1332'4 03:07A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1289'0 1296'0 1289'0 1295'6 5'4 1290'2 03:07A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1273'6 1280'0 1271'4 1279'4 5'0 1274'4 03:07A Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1290'0 1290'0 1290'0 1290'0 5'4 1284'4 03:07A Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3601 3635 3587 3624 23 3601 03:07A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3654 3687 3640 3675 21 3654 03:07A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3665 3697 3651 3686 21 3665 03:07A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3664 3694 3648 3683 19 3664 03:07A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3657 3690 3647 3682 18 3664 03:07A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3665 3695 3652 3685 17 3668 03:07A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3613 3649 3606 3639 15 3624 03:07A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3572 3590 3571 3590 23 3567 03:07A Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3504 3504 3504 3504 1 3503 03:07A Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 79.500 80.075 78.875 79.100 -0.525 79.075s 09/15 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 70.900 71.225 69.500 69.575 -1.600 69.650s 09/15 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 73.600 73.725 71.750 71.925 -1.700 71.900s 09/15 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.400 79.475 77.600 77.925 -1.450 77.750s 09/15 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 83.925 83.925 82.325 82.650 -1.200 82.325s 09/15 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.375 92.700 91.050 91.550 -1.175 91.200s 09/15 Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.225 94.350 92.775 93.350 -1.075 92.950s 09/15 Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.150 94.150 92.550 93.100 -1.025 92.725s 09/15 Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 80.175 80.175 77.825 77.825 -0.925 77.850s 09/15 Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 73.275 73.350 71.450 71.450 -0.600 71.275s 09/15 Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 -0.600 74.875s 09/15 Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 222.450 222.825 220.000 220.625 - 1.550 220.700s 09/15 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.400 225.500 222.400 223.200 - 1.800 223.350s 09/15 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 226.500 226.575 223.775 224.500 - 1.625 224.675s 09/15 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 227.550 227.725 225.175 225.750 - 1.575 225.975s 09/15 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 221.550 221.850 219.550 220.075 - 1.425 220.250s 09/15 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 218.225 218.775 216.450 216.700 - 1.525 216.875s 09/15 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 217.350 217.500 215.350 215.350 - 1.825 215.525s 09/15 Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 217.925 217.925 215.950 216.075 - 1.775 215.950s 09/15 Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 217.100 217.100 216.375 216.375 - 1.900 215.950s 09/15 Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 216.000 216.000 216.000 216.000 - 1.600 215.850s 09/15 Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 343.200 343.200 339.250 340.050 - 3.300 340.275s 09/15 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 337.750 337.800 332.750 333.675 - 4.000 333.850s 09/15 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 333.325 333.325 327.975 328.775 - 3.875 328.900s 09/15 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 324.350 324.625 319.725 320.725 - 3.525 320.825s 09/15 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 320.375 320.725 316.000 316.750 - 3.125 317.050s 09/15 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 320.000 320.775 316.000 317.175 - 2.875 317.125s 09/15 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 319.200 319.550 316.200 316.400 - 2.800 316.300s 09/15 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 319.125 320.150 315.650 316.825 - 3.175 316.850s 09/15 Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 317.400 - 3.175 314.225s 09/15 Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52162.00 52255.00 52131.00 52134.00 19.00 52115.00 03:07A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52576.00 52678.00 52541.00 52549.00 23.00 52526.00 03:07A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7596.50 7611.00 7592.25 7600.25 11.00 7589.25 03:07A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7663.25 7678.00 7658.75 7666.50 10.50 7656.00 03:07A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28978.25 29105.75 28936.75 29051.25 96.25 28955.00 03:07A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29263.75 29398.00 29226.00 29343.25 96.50 29246.75 03:07A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 69.77 70.42 69.48 70.15 0.27 69.88 03:07A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.20 70.90 69.95 70.66 0.31 70.35 03:07A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.41 71.08 70.14 70.83 0.27 70.56 03:07A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.51 71.12 70.24 70.87 0.22 70.65 03:07A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.60 71.11 70.30 70.82 0.14 70.68 03:07A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 70.34 70.99 70.20 70.75 0.19 70.56 03:07A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 70.05 70.24 70.03 70.11 0.13 69.98 03:07A Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 69.39 69.70 69.37 69.56 0.23 69.33 03:06A Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 728'2 736'0 724'4 733'2 4'6 728'4 03:07A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 744'2 751'6 740'2 749'2 4'6 744'4 03:07A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 751'6 759'0 747'4 756'4 4'0 752'4 03:07A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 750'0 755'6 745'4 753'6 3'0 750'6 03:06A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 753'4 759'0 749'0 757'0 2'6 754'2 03:07A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 760'6 766'0 759'0 765'0 3'6 761'2 03:07A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 760'6 760'6 760'6 760'6 -4'4 765'2 03:07A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 760'2 0'0 761'0 03:07A Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 733'2 733'2 733'2 733'2 -7'6 741'0 03:07A Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 75850.0 76145.0 75140.0 75585.0 - 580.0 76165.0 03:07A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 75985.0 76455.0 75675.0 76145.0 - 410.0 76555.0 03:07A Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 76750.0 76270.0 76500.0 76875.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 4280.2 4280.2 4280.1 4280.1 - 11.5 4291.6 03:07A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4300.5 4346.0 4281.4 4330.1 31.1 4299.0 03:07A Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4318.0 4363.2 4300.6 4353.8 37.4 4316.4 03:07A Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 63.640 63.236 Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 63.725 64.845 63.700 64.585 1.238 63.347 03:07A Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 64.175 64.980 64.175 64.980 1.371 63.609 03:07A Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 105.48 105.63 103.76 104.67 - 1.16 105.83 03:07A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 100.46 100.61 99.05 99.87 - 0.88 100.75 03:07A Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 95.27 95.39 94.14 94.87 -0.64 95.51 03:07A Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
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