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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 64/83 62/81 61/83 56/83 54/85
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Temp: 81oF Feels Like: 81oF
Humid: 48% Dew Pt: 59oF
Barom: 29.99 Wind Dir: SE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 5:36 Sunset: 8:31
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 AM
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Scattered storms sweep Plains and Southeast; Pacific Northwest system brings heavy rain this weekend.
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Showers Friday across the South and Southeast and through the weekend. Also from southern South Dakota into the Delta. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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High: 83°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 457'6 459'0 445'0 447'0 -9'0 446'6s 05/29 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 464'6 467'2 454'2 456'0 -8'4 455'6s 05/29 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 483'0 485'0 473'4 474'6 -7'2 475'0s 05/29 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 497'6 499'2 488'2 489'2 -7'0 489'6s 05/29 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 504'2 504'2 496'0 497'2 -6'4 497'6s 05/29 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 508'2 510'2 500'0 501'4 -6'0 502'2s 05/29 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 489'6 490'2 485'0 486'4 -4'4 486'2s 05/29 Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 495'2 497'0 490'0 491'4 -3'4 491'4s 05/29 Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 503'2 503'2 501'2 502'0 -2'6 502'4s 05/29 Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1198'0 1200'6 1182'6 1186'4 -7'6 1186'6s 05/29 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1199'4 1202'0 1185'6 1190'2 -5'6 1190'2s 05/29 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1187'0 1191'2 1176'6 1181'0 -4'2 1181'0s 05/29 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1196'0 1199'0 1186'0 1190'2 -4'0 1190'0s 05/29 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1209'2 1211'6 1199'4 1203'6 -3'4 1203'4s 05/29 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1209'2 1211'4 1200'0 1204'0 -3'2 1204'0s 05/29 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1210'4 1214'2 1203'2 1207'4 -3'0 1207'2s 05/29 Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1217'0 1219'2 1208'6 1212'2 -2'6 1212'6s 05/29 Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1198'2 -2'0 1197'6s 05/29 Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3345 3351 3292 3296 - 43 3298s 05/29 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3275 3284 3233 3240 - 32 3241s 05/29 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3232 3238 3191 3197 - 31 3198s 05/29 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3196 3206 3160 3166 - 32 3167s 05/29 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3235 3243 3196 3203 - 33 3203s 05/29 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3247 3252 3204 3212 - 35 3212s 05/29 Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3242 3245 3197 3206 - 36 3206s 05/29 Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3240 3243 3193 3204 - 36 3204s 05/29 Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3258 3264 3212 3225 - 36 3223s 05/29 Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 96.675 96.725 95.675 95.950 -1.125 95.850s 05/29 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 101.825 101.875 99.450 99.775 - 2.625 99.500s 05/29 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 100.725 100.725 98.325 98.700 - 2.575 98.350s 05/29 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 86.875 86.900 85.250 85.725 -1.850 85.325s 05/29 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.425 79.575 78.075 78.475 -1.475 78.175s 05/29 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.125 82.125 81.100 81.500 -1.275 81.200s 05/29 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.600 85.600 85.025 85.225 -1.200 85.100s 05/29 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.075 88.075 88.075 88.075 -1.000 88.075s 05/29 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 250.000 250.350 247.700 248.550 - 1.500 248.250s 05/29 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 241.175 241.925 238.600 239.200 - 1.950 239.050s 05/29 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 232.575 233.350 229.650 230.550 - 2.150 230.425s 05/29 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 232.000 232.450 228.825 229.850 - 2.350 229.700s 05/29 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 232.975 233.200 229.550 230.500 - 2.400 230.350s 05/29 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 232.875 232.875 229.400 230.275 - 2.350 230.125s 05/29 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 226.250 226.325 223.525 224.250 - 2.400 224.200s 05/29 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 223.250 223.250 221.250 221.250 - 2.150 221.275s 05/29 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 354.075 354.700 346.500 348.925 - 4.600 348.425s 05/29 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 351.325 351.875 343.550 345.825 - 4.900 345.350s 05/29 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 347.850 348.500 340.500 342.550 - 4.975 342.025s 05/29 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 344.325 345.000 337.000 339.025 - 5.025 338.525s 05/29 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 338.325 338.325 330.975 333.025 - 4.800 332.500s 05/29 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 331.500 331.500 327.000 329.000 - 4.850 328.500s 05/29 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 329.975 329.975 325.525 327.200 - 4.400 326.900s 05/29 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 326.825 326.825 325.000 325.000 - 4.925 325.000s 05/29 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 50750.00 51140.00 50704.00 51053.00 334.00 51077.00s 05/29 Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 51061.00 51482.00 51052.00 51383.00 330.00 51422.00s 05/29 Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7587.50 7611.50 7572.75 7590.75 14.00 7595.75s 05/29 Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7650.00 7673.50 7637.00 7652.00 13.25 7657.50s 05/29 Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 30328.00 30536.00 30216.50 30389.50 98.25 30405.25s 05/29 Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 30626.25 30826.25 30517.75 30680.25 97.50 30695.00s 05/29 Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 76.70 78.36 76.10 77.66 1.02 77.72s 05/29 Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 74.91 76.69 74.50 76.05 1.02 76.09s 05/29 Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 73.40 75.22 73.16 74.62 0.94 74.66s 05/29 Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 72.30 73.84 71.96 73.33 0.89 73.35s 05/29 Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 71.65 72.91 71.12 72.40 0.82 72.44s 05/29 Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.61 72.10 70.36 71.65 0.78 71.68s 05/29 Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.22 71.27 69.80 70.94 0.73 70.95s 05/29 Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.55 70.45 69.08 70.27 0.68 70.23s 05/29 Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 626'2 628'0 609'2 610'2 -13'4 610'4s 05/29 Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 639'2 641'0 622'2 623'4 -13'4 623'4s 05/29 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 658'4 660'0 641'4 642'2 -13'2 643'0s 05/29 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 675'0 675'4 658'6 659'2 -12'6 660'0s 05/29 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 681'0 681'0 668'2 669'0 -12'2 669'6s 05/29 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 689'0 689'0 673'6 674'4 -11'6 675'4s 05/29 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 694'4 694'4 682'6 685'0 -11'2 684'6s 05/29 Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 706'6 706'6 697'0 698'6 -10'6 699'0s 05/29 Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 727'6 -10'0 708'2s 05/29 Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 73760.0 74230.0 73715.0 73760.0 45.0 73715.0 11:17A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 74425.0 74112.5 74180.0 74085.0 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 74480.0 74520.0 74480.0 74520.0 85.0 74375.0s 05/29 Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 4494.0 4591.8 4487.9 4542.4 61.2 4560.5s 05/29 Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4506.9 4608.3 4504.7 4551.8 60.6 4575.7s 05/29 Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4527.6 4627.1 4519.5 4569.9 60.6 4593.0s 05/29 Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 75.520 75.520 75.115 75.115 -0.029 75.616s 05/29 Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 76.025 76.960 74.815 75.585 -0.037 75.875s 05/29 Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 76.280 77.175 75.700 76.330 -0.032 76.173s 05/29 Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 88.55 89.02 86.35 87.76 -1.54 87.36s 05/29 Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 86.41 86.89 84.29 85.72 -1.49 85.30s 05/29 Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 84.29 84.72 82.32 83.58 -1.53 83.19s 05/29 Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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