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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Snow Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 -2/14 -10/3 4/31 18/37 27/41
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 -20/-1 -27/-9 -13/22 10/29 19/33
Dew Point
(°F)		 1 -8 11 25 33
Humidity
(%)		 81 75 80 90 90
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 10 6 10 10 10
Precip
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L: 0.21		 None None None None
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 14oF Feels Like: -3oF
Humid: 79% Dew Pt: 9oF
Barom: 30.23 Wind Dir: NW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 18 mph
Sunrise: 7:24 Sunset: 4:38
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 12:00 AM
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Arctic Blast This Weekend, Warmer Next Week
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Local Forecast
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High: 14°F
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Precip: 80%		 High: 3°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 433'2 437'0 428'2 432'4 -3'6 431'4s 12/12 Chart for @C5Z Options for @C5Z
Mar 26 446'4 447'2 440'0 440'4 -5'6 440'6s 12/12 Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 454'0 454'6 448'4 448'6 -5'2 449'0s 12/12 Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 459'4 460'0 454'2 455'0 -4'4 455'0s 12/12 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 453'0 453'6 449'2 449'4 -3'2 450'0s 12/12 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 464'4 464'6 461'2 461'4 -3'0 462'0s 12/12 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 477'6 477'6 474'2 475'0 -2'6 475'2s 12/12 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 483'4 484'4 481'0 481'6 -2'6 482'0s 12/12 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 486'0 486'2 484'2 485'0 -2'6 485'0s 12/12 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jan 26 1093'0 1094'4 1075'6 1076'2 -16'6 1076'6s 12/12 Chart for @S6F Options for @S6F
Mar 26 1102'2 1104'2 1086'0 1086'2 -16'0 1086'6s 12/12 Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1112'6 1113'6 1096'0 1096'2 -15'2 1097'0s 12/12 Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1121'0 1122'2 1105'6 1106'2 -14'6 1106'4s 12/12 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1114'0 1114'2 1099'6 1100'6 -13'4 1100'4s 12/12 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1095'0 1095'6 1082'0 1083'2 -11'4 1083'2s 12/12 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1098'6 1099'2 1086'4 1088'0 -10'0 1088'2s 12/12 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1105'0 1105'0 1096'4 1098'0 -9'6 1098'0s 12/12 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1101'4 1102'0 1096'2 1097'6 -9'2 1097'6s 12/12 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 2996 18 3006s 12/12 Chart for @SM5Z Options for @SM5Z
Jan 26 3021 3046 3000 3020 4 3025s 12/12 Chart for @SM6F Options for @SM6F
Mar 26 3066 3074 3048 3052 - 14 3056s 12/12 Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3118 3120 3091 3091 - 22 3096s 12/12 Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3175 3176 3142 3142 - 27 3147s 12/12 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3189 3192 3157 3159 - 29 3160s 12/12 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3198 3201 3163 3166 - 29 3166s 12/12 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3197 3201 3163 3168 - 30 3166s 12/12 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3234 3238 3199 3204 - 27 3205s 12/12 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 83.500 83.650 83.250 83.325 -0.075 83.325s 12/12 Chart for @HE5Z Options for @HE5Z
Feb 26 84.450 85.075 84.150 84.500 0.350 84.525s 12/12 Chart for @HE6G Options for @HE6G
Apr 26 89.400 89.950 89.175 89.525 0.300 89.525s 12/12 Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 92.900 93.350 92.525 93.075 0.275 92.900s 12/12 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.200 101.425 100.600 101.025 0.150 101.050s 12/12 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 101.900 102.075 101.350 101.825 0.075 101.825s 12/12 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 100.700 101.000 100.400 100.925 0.150 100.900s 12/12 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 84.550 85.325 84.550 85.200 0.525 85.275s 12/12 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 230.500 230.725 229.250 229.875 - 0.575 229.800s 12/12 Chart for @LE5Z Options for @LE5Z
Feb 26 230.850 230.975 229.050 229.625 - 1.400 229.550s 12/12 Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 230.650 230.825 228.900 229.500 - 1.275 229.400s 12/12 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 224.175 224.350 222.550 223.025 - 1.200 222.975s 12/12 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 220.300 220.500 218.750 219.125 - 1.300 219.000s 12/12 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 218.925 219.300 217.450 217.750 - 1.425 217.625s 12/12 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 219.025 219.325 217.550 217.750 - 1.450 217.650s 12/12 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 218.500 218.900 217.025 217.350 - 1.450 217.050s 12/12 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jan 26 343.800 344.925 339.000 339.425 - 4.300 339.100s 12/12 Chart for @GF6F Options for @GF6F
Mar 26 337.875 339.175 333.925 334.125 - 3.600 334.075s 12/12 Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 337.425 337.425 333.050 333.225 - 3.350 333.225s 12/12 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 335.250 335.250 330.950 331.250 - 3.250 331.275s 12/12 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 335.000 335.450 331.150 331.150 - 3.375 331.450s 12/12 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 332.900 333.300 328.950 328.950 - 3.375 329.400s 12/12 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 330.325 330.325 326.725 327.800 - 3.300 326.650s 12/12 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 323.525 323.525 323.000 323.000 - 3.200 323.000s 12/12 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 48808.00 48917.00 48355.00 48517.00 - 272.00 48474.00s 12/12 Chart for @YM5Z Options for @YM5Z
Mar 26 49246.00 49299.00 48738.00 48908.00 - 263.00 48860.00s 12/12 Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 6914.00 6915.50 6805.00 6833.50 - 76.50 6830.75s 12/12 Chart for @ES5Z Options for @ES5Z
Mar 26 6973.75 6975.25 6864.00 6893.25 - 76.00 6890.50s 12/12 Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 25701.00 25733.25 25118.00 25202.50 - 500.00 25213.50s 12/12 Chart for @NQ5Z Options for @NQ5Z
Mar 26 25971.00 25990.75 25371.50 25459.00 - 501.50 25469.50s 12/12 Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 50.43 -0.83 49.73s 12/12 Chart for @BO5Z Options for @BO5Z
Jan 26 50.82 50.94 49.96 50.07 -0.75 50.07s 12/12 Chart for @BO6F Options for @BO6F
Mar 26 51.35 51.46 50.49 50.60 -0.71 50.61s 12/12 Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 530'2 0'0 534'4s 12/12 Chart for @W5Z Options for @W5Z
Mar 26 534'6 536'0 529'0 529'6 -4'2 529'2s 12/12 Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 541'6 543'4 536'6 537'6 -3'6 537'2s 12/12 Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 549'6 551'2 544'6 546'0 -3'2 545'6s 12/12 Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 562'2 562'6 557'2 558'0 -3'0 558'0s 12/12 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 577'6 578'0 572'6 574'0 -3'0 574'0s 12/12 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 586'4 588'4 586'4 586'4 -3'2 587'2s 12/12 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 592'6 594'2 592'6 594'2 -2'2 593'0s 12/12 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 584'6 -2'4 588'6s 12/12 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 92725.0 93070.0 89640.0 90330.0 -1570.0 90440.0s 12/12 Chart for @BTC5Z Options for @BTC5Z
Jan 26 93330.0 93575.0 90205.0 90825.0 -1585.0 90960.0s 12/12 Chart for @BTC6F Options for @BTC6F
Feb 26 93900.0 93900.0 91030.0 91695.0 - 1595.0 91385.0s 12/12 Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 4276.4 4355.0 4260.0 4302.7 14.6 4300.1s 12/12 Chart for QGC5Z Options for QGC5Z
Jan 26 4296.6 4370.0 4270.0 4312.0 14.7 4311.3s 12/12 Chart for QGC6F Options for QGC6F
Feb 26 4309.1 4387.8 4286.0 4329.8 15.3 4328.3s 12/12 Chart for QGC6G Options for QGC6G
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 63.070 63.555 60.665 61.055 -2.567 61.362s 12/12 Chart for QSI5Z Options for QSI5Z
Jan 26 63.520 64.575 60.600 61.610 -2.559 61.542s 12/12 Chart for QSI6F Options for QSI6F
Feb 26 63.515 64.830 60.900 61.955 -2.571 61.787s 12/12 Chart for QSI6G Options for QSI6G
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jan 26 57.89 58.19 57.15 57.53 -0.16 57.44s 12/12 Chart for QCL6F Options for QCL6F
Feb 26 57.74 58.01 56.97 57.34 -0.21 57.24s 12/12 Chart for QCL6G Options for QCL6G
Mar 26 57.65 57.86 56.83 57.17 -0.27 57.08s 12/12 Chart for QCL6H Options for QCL6H
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