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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 39/74 45/65 42/58 40/61 58/72
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L/H (°F)		 61/74 42/65 36/58 34/61 58/72
Dew Point
(°F)		 45 41 42 46 59
Humidity
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 68oF
Humid: 38% Dew Pt: 43oF
Barom: 29.97 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 29 mph
Sunrise: 6:37 Sunset: 7:39
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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System Moving Across the North Wednesday
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Wednesday brings moderate snow to the Canadian Prairies and scattered showers across the North-Central U.S. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Local Forecast
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High: 74°F
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Precip: 70%		 High: 65°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 447'0 448'2 442'2 447'2 -1'6 447'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 457'6 458'4 452'6 457'6 -2'0 458'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 462'2 462'2 456'2 461'4 -2'2 461'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 476'0 476'2 469'4 475'6 -2'0 476'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 488'0 488'4 481'6 487'6 -2'0 488'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 495'2 495'4 488'6 495'2 -2'0 495'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 498'0 499'2 493'0 498'6 -2'4 498'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'6 484'6 479'4 482'4 -3'0 482'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 490'0 490'0 485'4 488'2 -3'4 488'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1152'0 1163'0 1140'4 1161'6 3'6 1162'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1165'0 1178'4 1156'6 1177'2 3'4 1178'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1165'0 1174'0 1153'4 1172'4 2'6 1173'2s 01:21P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1141'0 1152'6 1134'4 1151'6 1'6 1152'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1141'0 1152'6 1135'0 1151'4 1'0 1152'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1154'0 1162'4 1145'0 1161'4 1'2 1162'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1148'0 1158'0 1141'6 1156'6 1'4 1157'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1155'0 1160'4 1144'4 1159'0 1'2 1160'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1154'4 1166'2 1150'6 1165'2 1'4 1166'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3125 3152 3117 3137 23 3141s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3115 3142 3112 3135 29 3140s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3100 3124 3096 3119 30 3124s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3069 3097 3068 3091 29 3096s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3042 3070 3040 3061 32 3070s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3077 3105 3073 3096 34 3105s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3089 3113 3080 3103 36 3112s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3070 3108 3070 3097 42 3106s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3074 3111 3068 3107 46 3108s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.750 91.000 90.125 90.175 -0.575 90.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.600 98.650 96.325 96.525 -2.025 96.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.050 107.350 104.600 104.650 - 2.400 104.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.800 110.225 107.500 107.650 - 2.100 107.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.400 109.700 107.425 107.550 - 1.825 107.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 93.400 93.550 92.050 92.300 -1.225 92.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.875 85.000 84.175 84.450 -0.650 84.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 87.275 87.300 86.675 86.925 -0.400 86.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 249.000 249.750 247.550 248.975 0.800 249.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 247.225 247.750 244.650 245.750 0.125 245.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 243.525 244.000 241.350 242.250 0.050 242.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.725 239.000 237.025 238.475 1.075 238.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.700 238.075 236.325 237.775 1.300 238.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.725 237.750 236.225 237.525 1.200 237.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 237.125 237.200 235.725 236.900 1.000 237.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.125 230.475 229.225 230.000 0.775 230.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 371.800 372.450 368.000 370.550 1.775 370.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 370.300 370.550 365.525 367.875 1.375 368.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 369.250 369.750 365.200 367.825 1.900 367.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 367.150 367.675 363.250 365.725 1.825 365.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 364.175 364.925 360.975 363.175 1.725 363.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.125 362.175 357.925 360.250 1.500 360.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 355.275 355.275 352.600 353.250 1.225 353.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 349.000 349.000 347.800 347.800 1.100 348.100s 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 47007.00 48261.00 46828.00 47970.00 1158.00 46812.00 01:55P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 47168.00 48527.00 47168.00 48350.00 1263.00 47087.00 01:55P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6689.00 6847.25 6652.25 6802.25 145.50 6656.75 01:55P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6733.75 6897.50 6705.50 6854.25 147.25 6707.00 01:55P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 24514.00 25257.00 24355.00 24991.50 620.50 24371.00 01:55P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24819.00 25465.75 24677.00 25232.50 643.25 24589.25 01:55P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.92 67.95 66.22 67.43 -2.30 67.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 66.62 67.65 65.90 67.26 -2.13 67.27s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 65.75 66.58 64.75 66.24 -2.03 66.22s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.00 65.51 63.82 65.18 -2.00 65.17s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.99 64.44 62.79 64.07 -1.99 64.08s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.29 63.86 62.22 63.37 -1.97 63.40s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.95 63.31 61.60 63.01 -1.86 63.03s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.50 62.64 61.34 62.41 -1.76 62.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 589'0 589'0 577'0 580'0 -17'6 580'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 599'0 600'0 587'4 591'0 -17'0 591'2s 01:21P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 612'6 612'6 601'0 603'6 -17'0 604'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 635'0 635'0 619'4 623'0 -15'6 623'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 639'4 642'6 634'4 637'4 -15'4 638'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 645'2 649'4 642'4 646'0 -14'6 646'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 640'0 645'0 639'4 644'0 -13'0 644'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 656'6 -13'0 649'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 662'0 662'0 662'0 662'0 -13'0 661'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 70055.0 73080.0 70055.0 71265.0 2095.0 69170.0 01:56P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 70225.0 73315.0 70225.0 71760.0 2270.0 69490.0 01:56P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 71405.0 72740.0 71405.0 71525.0 1785.0 69740.0 01:56P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4760.0 4851.0 4738.8 4738.9 81.8 4749.5 01:56P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4734.0 4868.0 4711.0 4715.0 47.1 4760.0 01:56P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4747.2 4888.0 4728.5 4729.7 45.0 4777.2 01:56P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 76.170 77.450 76.170 77.450 3.398 75.224 01:56P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 73.450 77.800 73.345 73.845 1.858 75.385 01:56P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 74.140 78.000 74.065 74.065 1.814 75.668 01:56P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 108.74 109.19 91.05 95.10 -17.85 94.41 01:56P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 94.75 95.58 83.80 88.08 -11.30 87.75 01:56P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 86.28 87.89 79.59 84.03 -6.82 83.89 01:56P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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