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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Clear Clear Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Rain
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 49/77 50/77 53/76 52/77 51/70
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Like
L/H (°F)		 49/77 50/77 53/76 52/77 51/70
Dew Point
(°F)		 51 51 50 52 52
Humidity
(%)		 60 55 54 59 64
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Speed
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 55oF Feels Like: 55oF
Humid: 88% Dew Pt: 52oF
Barom: 30.23 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 7:26 Sunset: 6:15
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 10:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Front Slipping Southeast Friday
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Local Forecast
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High: 77°F
Low: 49°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 464'2 466'0 463'6 463'6 0'4 463'2 10:17P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 478'0 480'0 478'0 478'0 0'6 477'2 10:16P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 486'2 487'6 486'0 486'0 0'6 485'2 10:17P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 493'0 494'4 492'2 492'2 0'2 492'0 10:17P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 490'0 490'6 489'2 489'2 0'4 488'6 10:17P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 502'4 503'4 502'0 502'0 0'2 501'6 10:17P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 517'0 517'4 516'2 516'2 0'6 515'4 10:16P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 523'6 523'6 523'4 523'4 0'6 522'6 10:16P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 527'4 527'4 526'6 526'6 0'6 526'0 10:17P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1245'0 1246'6 1242'6 1242'6 -2'4 1245'2 10:17P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1258'0 1259'4 1255'4 1255'6 -2'4 1258'2 10:17P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1266'0 1267'4 1263'6 1263'6 -2'4 1266'2 10:17P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1274'0 1275'6 1272'2 1272'4 -2'0 1274'4 10:17P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1280'6 1282'0 1278'6 1278'6 -2'0 1280'6 10:17P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1266'0 1267'0 1264'4 1264'6 -1'0 1265'6 10:17P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1235'4 1237'0 1235'2 1235'6 0'0 1235'6 10:17P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1228'6 1230'0 1227'2 1228'6 0'0 1228'6 10:17P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1240'0 1240'0 1240'0 1240'0 -0'4 1240'4 10:17P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 3483 3483 3471 3471 - 12 3483 10:17P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3460 3465 3454 3454 - 5 3459 10:17P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3448 3451 3441 3441 - 2 3443 10:17P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3455 3465 3455 3455 3455 10:17P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3491 3497 3488 3489 2 3487 10:17P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3470 3475 3466 3466 1 3465 10:17P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3438 3438 3438 3438 4 3434 10:17P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3399 3399 3399 3399 3 3396 10:17P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
Dec 27 3420 3420 3419 3419 2 3417 10:17P Chart for @SM7Z Options for @SM7Z
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 66.825 66.825 65.700 65.750 -1.425 65.725s 02:31P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 69.000 69.000 67.875 67.950 -1.250 67.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 73.800 73.800 72.625 72.725 -1.150 72.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 79.700 79.700 78.575 78.900 -1.050 78.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 88.400 88.625 87.300 87.375 -1.250 87.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 91.125 91.150 89.875 90.025 -1.250 89.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 91.300 91.425 90.250 90.375 -1.200 90.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.700 78.700 77.825 77.925 -1.150 77.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.450 72.450 71.650 71.650 -1.100 71.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.700 75.700 75.700 75.700 -0.625 75.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
Apr 28 80.550 -0.975 80.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE8J Options for @HE8J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 229.425 231.300 229.125 230.200 0.975 230.425s 02:34P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.175 232.450 229.500 231.050 0.950 231.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 233.000 235.225 232.200 233.825 0.725 233.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 234.275 236.550 233.475 235.225 0.875 235.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 228.100 230.675 227.525 229.425 1.050 229.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 224.275 226.675 223.475 225.425 1.075 225.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 222.450 224.775 221.675 223.500 1.050 223.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 222.850 224.825 221.925 223.700 0.950 223.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 223.025 225.150 222.475 224.050 0.875 224.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 224.000 224.350 223.750 223.750 0.775 223.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 345.750 349.050 345.450 347.800 1.925 347.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 346.300 350.750 345.850 348.950 2.525 348.825s 02:30P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 342.650 348.225 342.525 345.675 3.200 345.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 338.750 344.900 338.675 342.150 3.625 342.375s 02:43P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 337.575 343.575 337.575 341.175 3.700 341.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 335.425 341.250 335.425 339.175 3.700 339.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 336.000 341.600 336.000 339.600 3.400 339.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 334.700 338.500 334.700 336.700 3.150 336.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 335.000 335.050 333.000 333.250 3.100 333.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 53085.00 53085.00 52857.00 52934.00 - 125.00 53059.00 10:17P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 53479.00 53491.00 53348.00 53423.00 - 118.00 53541.00 10:17P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7797.00 7798.75 7753.75 7756.50 - 43.75 7800.25 10:17P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7863.25 7864.25 7832.25 7833.50 - 44.50 7878.00 10:17P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 29984.00 29993.25 29649.50 29664.50 - 342.50 30007.00 10:17P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 30308.00 30308.00 29997.50 30002.25 - 347.25 30349.50 10:17P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@QM - E-MINI CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 97.875 98.500 97.775 98.400 1.250 97.150 10:17P Chart for @QM6Z Options for @QM6Z
Jan 27 96.050 96.650 96.050 96.650 1.200 95.450 10:17P Chart for @QM7F Options for @QM7F
Feb 27 94.400 94.675 94.400 94.675 0.975 93.700 10:17P Chart for @QM7G Options for @QM7G
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 66.00 66.05 65.80 65.84 -0.13 65.97 10:17P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 66.16 66.24 65.99 66.04 -0.10 66.14 10:17P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 66.48 66.50 66.26 66.30 -0.08 66.38 10:17P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.72 66.73 66.50 66.56 -0.06 66.62 10:17P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.73 66.74 66.52 66.60 -0.03 66.63 10:17P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 66.26 66.26 66.05 66.05 -0.12 66.17 10:17P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 65.74 65.74 65.54 65.54 -0.10 65.64 10:17P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
Oct 27 65.07 65.07 65.07 65.07 -0.01 65.08 10:17P Chart for @BO7V Options for @BO7V
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 631'0 631'0 627'4 627'4 -0'6 628'2 10:17P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 645'2 645'4 642'2 642'2 -0'4 642'6 10:17P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 653'2 653'2 649'6 649'6 -0'4 650'2 10:17P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 657'4 658'0 654'6 655'0 -0'2 655'2 10:17P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 666'0 666'0 663'4 664'4 0'4 664'0 10:17P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 677'4 0'0 677'4 10:17P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 688'0 688'0 688'0 688'0 0'4 687'4 10:17P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 688'0 0'0 688'4 10:17P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 677'4 0'0 673'2 10:17P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 84725.0 84945.0 82760.0 82800.0 -1815.0 84615.0 10:17P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 85225.0 85230.0 83150.0 83180.0 -1810.0 84990.0 10:17P Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 85285.0 85365.0 Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 4144.8 4130.5 Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4146.3 4146.3 4102.4 4102.4 - 33.0 4135.4 10:17P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 4159.0 4164.3 4116.2 4121.1 - 28.9 4150.0 10:17P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 57.000 57.000 56.250 56.250 -1.172 57.422 10:17P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 57.290 57.290 56.480 56.480 -1.020 57.500 10:17P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 58.095 58.105 56.440 56.600 -1.110 57.710 10:17P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
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