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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 34/47 39/72 42/63 41/60 40/62
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L/H (°F)		 31/41 31/72 38/63 35/60 34/62
Dew Point
(°F)		 26 39 41 42 46
Humidity
(%)		 49 52 51 68 73
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 39oF Feels Like: 31oF
Humid: 56% Dew Pt: 25oF
Barom: 30.43 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 16 mph
Sunrise: 6:39 Sunset: 7:38
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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Snow Ending in Iowa, Next System in Canadian Prairies Tuesday
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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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High: 47°F
Low: 34°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 72°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 454'0 455'0 448'2 448'6 -5'0 449'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 465'0 465'6 459'2 459'6 -5'2 460'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 469'6 469'6 463'2 463'4 -5'0 464'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 482'6 483'4 477'2 477'4 -5'0 478'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 494'4 495'0 489'2 489'6 -4'4 490'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 501'0 501'6 496'6 497'0 -4'2 497'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 502'4 505'4 500'6 501'2 -3'4 501'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 485'2 487'6 485'2 486'0 -1'2 485'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 492'0 493'6 490'4 492'0 -0'6 491'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1164'6 1170'4 1155'2 1158'0 -8'4 1158'2s 01:21P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1181'0 1186'6 1171'6 1174'0 -8'6 1174'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1175'6 1181'2 1167'2 1169'6 -7'6 1170'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1157'2 1159'6 1147'0 1149'6 -6'6 1150'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1155'6 1159'6 1146'4 1150'0 -6'0 1151'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1164'4 1169'4 1156'4 1159'4 -6'2 1160'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1160'2 1164'0 1151'6 1155'0 -6'0 1156'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1162'0 1165'6 1154'0 1157'4 -5'4 1158'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1168'6 1171'2 1159'6 1163'4 -5'6 1164'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3166 3174 3114 3119 - 48 3118s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3145 3158 3107 3113 - 38 3111s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3128 3128 3089 3096 - 25 3094s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3085 3095 3062 3067 - 19 3067s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3062 3066 3036 3039 - 17 3038s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3091 3103 3069 3073 - 19 3071s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3097 3105 3074 3078 - 18 3076s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3078 3086 3061 3068 - 13 3064s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3071 3079 3059 3065 - 8 3062s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.575 90.825 90.200 90.775 0.300 90.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.450 98.750 98.000 98.500 -0.375 98.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.425 107.750 106.650 107.075 - 0.650 107.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.750 110.025 109.225 109.900 - 0.150 109.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.300 109.550 108.825 109.450 109.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 93.025 93.525 92.750 93.475 0.325 93.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.500 85.075 84.350 85.025 0.350 85.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.875 87.300 86.625 87.275 0.300 87.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 247.750 249.000 247.750 248.000 0.175 248.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 246.450 247.600 245.375 245.550 - 1.225 245.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 242.250 243.150 241.150 242.125 - 0.500 242.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.600 238.125 236.350 237.425 - 0.500 237.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.000 237.425 235.600 236.375 - 0.825 236.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.125 237.225 235.500 236.175 - 0.900 236.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.800 236.800 235.050 235.725 - 0.875 236.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.025 230.250 228.575 229.100 - 1.025 229.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 371.500 372.025 367.875 368.550 - 3.125 368.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 369.850 370.750 366.050 366.425 - 3.725 366.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 368.250 370.275 365.500 365.950 - 3.775 366.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 366.025 368.000 363.700 363.975 - 3.725 364.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 364.250 365.425 361.100 361.425 - 3.575 361.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.675 362.250 358.000 358.250 - 3.525 358.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 354.900 355.300 351.225 351.225 - 3.550 352.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 346.825 347.000 346.825 347.000 - 3.500 347.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 47001.00 47041.00 46425.00 46592.00 - 310.00 46902.00 01:50P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 47242.00 47310.00 46704.00 46976.00 - 197.00 47173.00 01:50P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6650.50 6667.00 6572.75 6611.75 - 39.25 6651.00 01:50P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6703.00 6716.50 6623.00 6663.00 - 38.25 6701.25 01:50P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 24348.75 24422.00 23941.50 24145.00 - 213.50 24358.50 01:51P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24566.50 24640.00 24168.00 24361.00 - 214.50 24575.50 01:51P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 69.77 70.49 69.27 69.61 -0.23 69.72s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 69.32 70.12 68.98 69.29 -0.24 69.40s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 68.14 68.97 67.83 68.17 -0.27 68.25s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 67.11 67.89 66.79 67.09 -0.31 67.17s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 66.15 66.81 65.66 66.00 -0.28 66.07s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 65.48 66.00 64.95 65.29 -0.24 65.37s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 64.93 65.44 64.52 64.82 -0.20 64.89s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.15 64.64 63.78 64.12 -0.14 64.18s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 595'6 600'4 588'0 597'6 2'6 598'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 607'6 611'4 599'2 608'0 1'6 608'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 620'2 624'4 612'6 621'0 1'4 621'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 638'0 642'0 630'6 638'4 1'2 638'6s 01:20P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 651'0 656'2 645'4 653'0 1'4 653'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 657'0 662'2 651'6 660'6 2'4 660'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 650'6 658'2 648'6 658'0 5'2 657'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 655'4 656'6 655'0 656'6 6'4 662'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 670'0 670'0 667'4 668'2 6'4 674'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 69780.0 69795.0 67835.0 68655.0 -1290.0 69945.0 01:51P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 69990.0 70000.0 68150.0 69060.0 -1220.0 70280.0 01:51P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 69550.0 69675.0 68930.0 69160.0 -1395.0 70555.0 01:51P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4624.9 4676.3 4608.0 4646.6 0.3 4657.1 01:51P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4675.1 4704.1 4618.3 4683.2 15.4 4667.9 01:51P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4678.6 4721.2 4631.9 4696.6 11.9 4684.7 01:51P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 71.895 71.895 70.000 71.755 -0.835 71.826 01:51P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 72.860 73.610 69.780 71.885 -0.962 71.987 01:51P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 73.650 73.750 70.100 72.480 -0.635 72.251 01:51P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 112.62 117.63 111.28 114.50 2.09 112.95 01:51P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 98.35 101.17 97.06 99.89 1.42 99.38 01:51P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 90.40 92.07 89.36 91.26 1.02 90.85 01:51P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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