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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
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L/H (°F)		 64/88 67/93 70/91 67/90 66/88
Dew Point
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 88oF Feels Like: 90oF
Humid: 47% Dew Pt: 65oF
Barom: 30.03 Wind Dir: NE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 5:41 Sunset: 8:42
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Front Stretching Into Central Plains, Upper Midwest Wednesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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High: 86°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 441'0 444'4 437'2 443'4 1'6 442'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 437'0 444'4 435'6 443'0 5'4 443'6s 05:45P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 456'6 464'6 455'0 463'4 6'4 464'2s 05:46P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 471'4 479'4 469'6 478'4 6'4 479'0s 04:46P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 478'4 487'4 478'0 486'2 6'6 487'2s 04:51P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 484'2 492'2 483'0 491'0 6'4 492'0s 05:02P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 472'2 480'0 471'4 478'4 6'0 479'6s 05:02P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 479'4 487'0 478'2 484'4 5'4 486'0s 04:51P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 490'4 498'0 489'4 495'6 5'2 497'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1180'4 1200'2 1178'4 1200'2 14'4 1196'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1181'4 1194'4 1178'0 1192'6 9'6 1193'6s 05:24P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1177'2 1188'2 1175'2 1186'0 6'0 1187'0s 03:46P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1189'2 1198'6 1186'6 1196'4 5'4 1197'6s 05:42P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1202'0 1211'6 1200'4 1210'0 5'2 1210'6s 04:55P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1202'4 1214'0 1202'4 1212'0 5'4 1213'0s 04:45P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1206'4 1218'0 1206'4 1215'6 5'6 1217'0s 04:57P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1214'4 1222'6 1212'2 1220'2 5'0 1221'4s 04:45P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1199'0 1207'2 1199'0 1204'4 4'2 1206'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3153 3183 3132 3183 34 3184s 01:20P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3130 3166 3102 3158 33 3162s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3105 3150 3084 3140 33 3145s 05:41P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3096 3138 3073 3126 30 3131s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3129 3171 3102 3159 30 3165s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3142 3183 3116 3169 32 3177s 04:47P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3152 3200 3138 3184 32 3192s 04:58P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3177 3215 3156 3200 32 3208s 04:58P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3205 3241 3186 3228 30 3235s 04:59P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 93.325 93.600 93.000 93.600 0.100 93.450s 03:43P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 98.300 98.400 96.325 96.925 -1.600 96.925s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 82.600 82.750 81.250 81.600 -0.925 81.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.350 74.450 73.375 73.450 -0.750 73.575s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 77.900 78.025 77.150 77.175 -0.550 77.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.275 82.850 82.075 82.150 -0.375 82.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.325 86.725 86.325 86.475 -0.275 86.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.600 95.125 94.325 94.500 -0.375 94.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 239.200 239.825 237.050 238.350 - 0.675 238.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 234.775 235.375 232.975 234.025 - 0.625 234.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 234.575 235.125 232.975 234.000 - 0.475 234.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 235.575 235.850 233.900 234.900 - 0.300 234.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.150 236.400 234.450 235.650 - 0.225 235.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.000 230.000 228.250 229.325 - 0.150 229.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 226.775 226.775 225.300 226.150 0.025 226.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 225.475 225.475 224.475 225.275 - 0.100 225.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 360.825 362.525 359.050 360.850 0.150 360.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 358.500 359.375 355.775 357.725 - 0.475 357.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 355.050 356.275 352.400 354.050 - 1.025 353.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 353.050 353.100 349.100 350.525 - 1.450 350.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 346.375 346.550 342.900 344.125 - 1.600 344.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 341.950 342.900 339.200 340.550 - 1.800 340.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 339.500 339.700 337.950 339.150 - 2.150 339.050s 02:59P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 336.850 337.050 335.825 337.050 - 2.850 337.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53166.00 53193.00 53132.00 53172.00 - 25.00 53197.00 05:49P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53589.00 53615.00 Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7545.00 7548.50 7537.50 7547.25 - 4.00 7551.25 05:49P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7606.75 7615.50 7605.50 7615.00 - 3.50 7618.50 05:49P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29373.75 29400.00 29319.50 29391.50 29391.50 05:49P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29665.00 29698.00 29665.00 29698.00 3.75 29694.25 05:49P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 68.48 68.69 68.48 68.69 0.64 68.79s 01:20P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 67.70 68.67 67.64 68.52 0.83 68.59s 05:26P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 67.23 68.24 67.23 68.09 0.77 68.16s 04:45P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 66.75 67.72 66.75 67.55 0.68 67.62s 04:46P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 66.50 67.43 66.45 67.25 0.64 67.27s 05:19P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 66.45 67.35 66.44 67.12 0.59 67.18s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 66.38 67.18 66.35 66.89 0.55 66.99s 04:45P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.37 66.93 66.15 66.64 0.51 66.70s 02:55P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 605'6 609'2 604'4 604'6 3'2 609'2s 01:20P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 613'0 619'0 609'2 617'6 4'4 618'4s 05:23P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 627'2 634'2 624'2 632'6 5'2 633'6s 05:15P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 640'0 647'0 637'0 645'4 6'0 647'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 644'6 654'6 644'6 653'2 6'6 654'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 649'6 658'4 648'6 657'2 7'2 658'6s 05:16P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 660'4 668'2 660'4 668'2 7'2 669'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 677'6 684'0 676'0 684'0 6'6 684'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 691'0 691'4 691'0 691'4 6'0 695'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 63750.0 63825.0 63425.0 63760.0 - 220.0 63980.0 05:49P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 63925.0 64075.0 63825.0 63885.0 - 350.0 64235.0 05:49P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 64240.0 63940.0 63720.0 64490.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4107.2 4145.3 Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4106.5 4116.9 4104.0 4109.6 - 47.8 4157.4 05:49P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4128.6 4129.2 4127.5 4127.5 - 44.0 4171.5 05:49P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 60.205 60.931 Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 59.980 60.200 59.855 59.885 -1.228 61.113 05:49P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 60.310 60.420 60.030 60.115 -1.215 61.330 05:49P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 72.38 72.65 72.07 72.43 1.99 70.44 05:48P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 72.07 72.38 71.85 72.15 1.81 70.34 05:48P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 71.63 71.90 71.41 71.66 1.53 70.13 05:48P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
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