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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 27/51 33/58 43/74 50/76 32/49
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L/H (°F)		 36/51 26/58 37/74 50/76 22/43
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Humidity
(%)		 38 43 52 63 47
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 45oF Feels Like: 40oF
Humid: 42% Dew Pt: 23oF
Barom: 30.46 Wind Dir: ENE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph
Sunrise: 7:04 Sunset: 7:22
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Quiet and a Little Warmer Tuesday
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High: 51°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 465'2 473'6 456'4 460'4 -6'0 459'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 475'2 484'0 467'4 471'0 -5'4 470'4s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 477'2 485'4 469'4 472'6 -5'4 472'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 490'0 498'0 482'6 486'2 -4'2 486'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 500'0 506'4 491'6 496'2 -3'6 496'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 504'4 511'6 497'4 502'4 -3'4 502'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 507'0 514'0 500'0 505'0 -3'4 505'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 487'4 488'6 480'0 483'2 -2'4 483'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 486'2 492'0 482'6 487'4 -1'6 487'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1160'0 1171'4 1152'4 1164'4 2'2 1163'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1175'4 1187'0 1168'2 1179'4 2'4 1179'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1168'0 1181'2 1162'4 1174'0 3'0 1173'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1140'4 1154'0 1135'2 1148'6 4'2 1147'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1141'0 1151'4 1133'6 1148'4 5'4 1146'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1149'4 1162'0 1144'6 1159'4 6'0 1157'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1146'2 1157'0 1142'0 1154'4 5'6 1153'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1147'0 1157'6 1144'4 1155'6 5'4 1154'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1151'2 1162'4 1148'6 1160'2 5'0 1159'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3276 3324 3249 3267 - 14 3266s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3239 3280 3213 3236 - 12 3232s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3203 3248 3180 3200 - 17 3196s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3160 3215 3144 3164 - 20 3160s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3137 3185 3113 3132 - 20 3130s 01:21P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3160 3216 3140 3166 - 19 3162s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3171 3213 3141 3168 - 15 3165s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3148 3191 3122 3148 - 11 3148s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3147 3180 3109 3142 - 10 3140s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 91.450 91.925 90.700 90.750 -0.475 90.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 95.675 96.400 95.475 95.475 - 0.075 95.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.475 105.850 104.325 104.375 - 0.075 104.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.775 107.875 106.450 106.525 - 0.175 106.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 106.150 107.400 106.000 106.075 - 0.225 106.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.450 91.175 90.150 90.250 -0.175 90.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.200 83.400 82.575 82.650 -0.150 82.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.650 86.025 85.300 85.375 -0.050 85.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 234.550 235.500 233.350 235.400 1.250 235.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 233.700 235.050 232.600 234.700 1.225 234.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 230.800 232.100 229.975 231.725 0.925 231.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 228.625 229.275 227.450 229.050 0.800 229.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 228.825 229.550 227.775 229.300 0.675 229.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 228.450 229.925 228.175 229.600 0.675 229.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.675 229.450 227.750 229.025 0.700 228.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 221.350 222.600 221.225 222.025 0.700 222.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 358.550 359.550 356.900 358.350 0.700 358.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 352.400 353.950 349.875 352.150 1.300 352.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 347.500 349.875 345.425 348.225 1.975 348.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 346.250 349.250 344.750 348.225 2.150 348.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 345.225 347.500 343.650 346.900 2.125 347.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 343.325 345.825 342.050 345.600 1.950 345.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 341.350 343.825 340.775 343.625 1.900 343.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 336.000 338.275 334.050 338.275 2.175 338.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 45605.00 47210.00 45453.00 46730.00 837.00 45893.00 02:01P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 45993.00 47372.00 45734.00 47027.00 849.00 46178.00 02:01P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6510.00 6748.00 6483.50 6663.75 104.75 6559.00 02:01P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6564.75 6798.50 6535.00 6715.00 105.50 6609.50 02:01P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 23902.00 24763.00 23772.50 24502.25 400.75 24101.50 02:01P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24188.25 24978.75 24002.75 24716.50 398.00 24318.50 02:01P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 65.53 66.38 64.22 65.71 0.07 65.58s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.30 66.15 64.08 65.44 0.06 65.36s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 64.48 65.28 63.28 64.69 0.15 64.57s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 63.67 64.37 62.46 63.84 0.16 63.74s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 62.94 63.45 61.69 62.93 0.17 62.87s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.42 62.95 61.22 62.52 0.17 62.44s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 61.93 62.60 60.98 62.22 0.19 62.15s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.28 61.96 60.43 61.60 0.21 61.52s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 596'4 606'4 577'6 589'2 -7'4 587'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 607'4 618'4 590'4 601'4 -7'2 600'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 621'2 632'0 604'6 614'6 -7'0 613'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 638'4 648'6 622'4 632'6 -6'2 631'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 652'6 661'4 637'0 646'0 -6'0 645'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 656'4 665'4 643'4 650'4 -5'2 651'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 645'4 651'4 637'0 637'0 -4'2 641'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 655'0 655'0 655'0 655'0 -4'2 645'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 660'6 669'0 648'6 652'4 -3'2 655'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 67995.0 71860.0 67460.0 71095.0 875.0 70220.0 02:01P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 68360.0 72140.0 67745.0 71390.0 905.0 70485.0 02:01P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 68260.0 71625.0 68260.0 71625.0 805.0 70820.0 02:01P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4353.0 4480.4 4100.8 4370.3 -166.3 4404.1 02:01P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4450.0 4537.1 4100.0 4448.3 -126.6 4407.3 02:01P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4475.0 4542.6 4124.4 4468.3 -123.7 4423.6 02:01P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 64.740 69.510 61.090 69.410 0.050 69.049 02:01P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 66.655 70.725 61.200 69.760 0.340 69.109 02:01P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 66.850 71.030 61.210 69.855 0.191 69.355 02:01P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 100.51 101.67 84.37 87.74 -10.49 88.13 02:01P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 96.91 98.17 81.64 85.08 -9.66 85.37 02:01P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 92.07 93.91 78.88 82.30 -8.50 82.49 02:01P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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