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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Rain Rain Snow Rain/Snow Mix Snow
Weather Rain Rain Snow Rain/Snow Mix Snow
Temp
L/H (°F)		 25/51 32/47 29/45 24/50 8/22
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 36/51 19/40 21/38 7/50 -11/5
Dew Point
(°F)		 25 26 24 35 8
Humidity
(%)		 38 45 62 87 60
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 21 19 13 19 22
Precip
 (%)		 40 63 27 80 80
Precip
Amt (in.)
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0.04		 Rain
0.02		 S: 1/4-1
L: 0.03		 S: 1-2
L: 0.72		 S: 1-2
L: 0.13
Evap
(in./day)		 0.14 0.13 0.08 0.06 0.04
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 49oF Feels Like: 43oF
Humid: 38% Dew Pt: 24oF
Barom: 30.15 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 15 mph
Sunrise: 7:22 Sunset: 7:09
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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System Moving Through Northern Plains with Snow, Extreme Winds
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Local Forecast
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High: 51°F
Low: 25°F
Precip: 40%		 High: 47°F
Low: 32°F
Precip: 63%		 High: 45°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 448'4 453'4 448'4 450'0 4'0 448'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 462'4 469'4 461'0 462'0 2'2 462'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 473'0 480'6 472'6 473'2 2'0 474'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 476'2 483'0 476'0 476'2 1'4 477'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 490'0 495'6 488'4 488'4 1'0 490'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 498'4 504'0 497'4 497'4 0'6 499'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 503'2 508'6 502'4 502'6 0'6 504'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 506'0 510'6 504'6 504'6 1'0 506'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 483'4 485'6 483'0 483'0 1'0 483'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1215'6 1223'2 1214'0 1214'0 12'4 1213'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1220'0 1238'6 1216'0 1225'6 13'2 1227'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1232'0 1250'6 1229'6 1238'2 12'6 1240'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1216'4 1231'0 1213'0 1219'4 9'6 1221'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1175'0 1182'6 1172'0 1172'6 4'4 1175'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1165'0 1174'2 1163'6 1165'0 4'2 1167'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1173'4 1182'4 1172'2 1173'4 4'2 1176'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1167'2 1176'2 1166'6 1167'6 3'2 1170'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1171'0 1177'6 1168'0 1169'0 3'0 1171'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3201 3201 3201 3201 35 3199s 01:20P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3162 3217 3160 3196 48 3202s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3180 3240 3180 3219 48 3225s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3165 3212 3163 3193 44 3200s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3139 3184 3139 3160 34 3168s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3114 3152 3113 3122 23 3134s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3142 3178 3142 3150 19 3161s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3142 3170 3142 3146 18 3156s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3120 3152 3120 3131 21 3141s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 95.000 95.400 94.275 94.475 -0.850 94.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 99.600 99.775 98.825 99.075 - 0.900 99.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 108.825 109.025 107.600 108.200 - 1.075 108.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 111.200 111.200 109.500 109.925 - 1.375 109.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 110.450 110.450 108.825 109.225 - 1.325 109.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 93.150 93.275 92.025 92.425 -0.950 92.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.300 84.400 83.400 83.825 -0.675 83.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.750 86.750 85.775 86.075 -0.625 86.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 229.975 232.000 228.825 231.575 1.100 231.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 227.675 230.175 226.750 229.800 1.300 229.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 225.850 228.125 224.850 227.600 1.100 227.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 224.525 226.425 223.650 226.025 0.875 225.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 224.925 226.725 224.000 226.300 0.900 226.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 224.750 227.000 224.325 226.650 1.000 226.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 223.925 226.450 223.675 226.225 1.150 225.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 216.625 219.275 216.625 218.950 1.000 218.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 347.475 349.925 345.550 348.675 - 0.500 348.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 341.800 344.275 339.800 343.350 - 0.300 343.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 337.900 341.050 336.450 340.300 0.100 339.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 338.525 341.300 336.550 340.550 0.250 340.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 336.775 340.025 335.425 339.475 0.375 339.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 336.000 338.275 333.600 337.850 0.450 337.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 333.250 335.750 331.125 335.525 0.425 335.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 325.575 329.100 325.000 328.400 0.750 328.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 47372.00 47383.00 46718.00 46803.00 - 645.00 47448.00 01:36P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 47654.00 47654.00 47016.00 47109.00 - 641.00 47750.00 01:36P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6766.00 6769.50 6684.50 6692.50 - 87.00 6779.50 01:36P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6817.50 6819.75 6734.25 6742.50 - 88.00 6830.50 01:36P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24934.50 24949.25 24561.00 24608.75 - 374.75 24983.50 01:36P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25149.50 25149.75 24776.50 24838.25 - 363.00 25201.25 01:36P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 67.19 0.26 67.34s 01:20P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 67.66 68.44 67.17 67.22 0.26 67.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.41 68.11 66.89 66.94 0.23 67.12s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.53 67.15 66.01 66.05 0.21 66.24s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.46 66.25 65.19 65.24 0.21 65.40s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.79 65.29 64.27 64.34 0.17 64.47s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 64.18 64.75 63.73 63.78 0.15 63.95s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.71 64.17 63.27 63.31 0.13 63.45s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 597'4 597'4 597'4 597'4 3'6 592'2s 01:20P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 599'4 613'0 596'0 597'6 3'6 598'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 610'0 623'2 606'4 608'4 3'6 609'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 625'0 635'6 619'6 621'2 3'4 622'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 640'0 652'2 636'6 637'6 2'6 639'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 657'4 665'4 651'2 651'6 2'2 653'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 663'0 670'0 656'2 656'2 2'2 658'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 650'0 656'0 647'0 648'2 3'0 646'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 652'6 660'0 652'6 658'2 3'2 649'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 70910.0 71145.0 69345.0 70200.0 - 625.0 70825.0 01:36P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 71185.0 71200.0 69620.0 70430.0 - 655.0 71085.0 01:36P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 70380.0 71000.0 70380.0 71000.0 - 405.0 71405.0 01:36P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5137.2 5137.2 5119.5 5127.0 - 51.6 5115.8 01:36P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5185.4 5197.8 5103.4 5106.6 - 72.5 5125.8 01:36P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5203.4 5215.5 5124.4 5124.4 - 73.8 5144.2 01:36P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 86.565 87.160 84.750 84.750 -0.315 84.670 01:36P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 85.580 87.300 83.830 84.890 -0.351 84.814 01:36P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 86.065 87.695 84.060 84.905 -0.630 85.112 01:36P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 89.32 97.19 88.61 96.02 8.77 95.73 01:36P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 87.46 95.19 87.18 94.70 8.63 94.43 01:36P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 84.80 90.95 84.49 90.77 7.29 90.48 01:36P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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