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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 55/86 63/86 64/88 68/84 56/70
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L/H (°F)		 55/86 63/87 64/88 68/87 56/70
Dew Point
(°F)		 60 63 62 64 53
Humidity
(%)		 45 57 55 67 64
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(mph)		 14 7 18 17 15
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 82oF Feels Like: 83oF
Humid: 48% Dew Pt: 61oF
Barom: 29.75 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 18 mph
Sunrise: 5:47 Sunset: 8:18
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Major Storm, Heavy Rain, Severe Weather for Central US This Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Stalled boundary triggers central U.S. storms Friday; severe weather risk expands through the weekend.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Local Forecast
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High: 86°F
Low: 55°F
Precip: 40%		 High: 86°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 468'2 473'6 455'0 455'2 -11'6 455'6s 03:28P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 474'6 480'0 462'2 463'0 -11'2 463'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 491'4 496'6 480'2 481'2 -10'2 481'0s 03:08P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 505'0 510'0 494'4 495'6 -9'2 495'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 512'0 517'0 502'0 503'0 -8'6 503'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 516'4 520'2 505'6 506'4 -8'2 507'0s 02:56P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 497'4 500'2 489'4 489'4 -7'2 489'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 501'6 505'4 493'4 494'0 -7'2 494'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 513'6 513'6 504'6 505'4 -7'2 504'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1193'6 1202'0 1172'2 1177'2 -15'4 1177'0s 03:35P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1191'0 1199'0 1172'6 1176'6 -13'2 1176'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1176'4 1183'6 1159'2 1162'6 -12'4 1162'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1184'0 1191'6 1167'0 1171'0 -12'6 1170'6s 03:35P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1196'0 1203'2 1179'0 1183'2 -12'2 1183'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1193'6 1200'4 1178'0 1182'2 -11'0 1182'2s 03:35P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1195'0 1202'2 1180'6 1185'0 -10'4 1185'0s 03:36P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1205'0 1207'0 1186'4 1190'4 -9'6 1190'4s 03:37P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1176'2 1176'2 1172'4 1175'6 -8'4 1175'2s 03:37P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3325 3425 3287 3341 18 3343s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3255 3341 3224 3265 6 3264s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3215 3284 3175 3212 - 4 3213s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3191 3252 3156 3185 - 5 3186s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3224 3288 3190 3221 - 7 3221s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3230 3287 3195 3228 - 6 3226s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3215 3264 3182 3216 - 3 3215s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3217 3248 3174 3207 - 2 3207s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3227 3259 3189 3217 - 3 3219s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 99.525 99.875 98.475 98.750 -0.775 98.750s 02:31P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.600 104.875 103.025 103.350 - 1.200 103.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.475 105.975 103.525 104.125 - 1.325 104.150s 03:06P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.125 92.125 90.325 91.050 -0.775 91.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.500 84.500 82.950 83.375 -0.700 83.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 87.125 87.175 85.625 86.050 -0.725 86.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.900 91.000 89.675 89.850 -0.750 90.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.450 93.450 93.000 93.000 -0.625 93.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 251.900 254.125 251.350 253.950 1.825 253.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 245.725 248.375 245.525 248.025 1.775 247.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.575 240.500 237.375 239.950 1.800 239.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 236.925 239.775 236.725 239.175 1.900 239.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.525 239.450 236.475 238.900 1.975 238.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 235.675 238.500 235.475 238.025 2.050 238.150s 02:30P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.450 231.725 229.300 231.450 1.850 231.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 226.650 228.025 226.650 228.000 1.500 228.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 367.025 369.000 366.700 368.775 1.100 368.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 356.600 362.200 356.000 361.275 3.450 361.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 354.000 359.825 353.275 359.000 3.950 359.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 350.550 356.775 349.975 356.050 4.350 356.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 347.425 353.425 346.600 352.850 4.625 352.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 340.625 347.025 340.625 346.800 4.700 346.650s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 337.900 342.700 337.900 342.175 4.650 342.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 337.125 337.500 337.125 337.500 3.825 339.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Jun 26 50152.00 50166.00 49435.00 49482.00 - 672.00 49617.00 03:39P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50400.00 50400.00 49745.00 49746.00 - 718.00 49924.00 03:39P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
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Jun 26 7522.25 7528.25 7409.25 7418.25 -107.25 7432.25 03:39P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7585.25 7585.25 7468.00 7478.00 -107.00 7490.75 03:39P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Jun 26 29690.00 29734.00 29089.75 29169.75 - 518.00 29231.75 03:39P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29955.50 29993.25 29358.75 29443.25 - 517.00 29500.75 03:39P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 73.96 74.25 73.14 73.76 0.22 73.88s 02:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.45 72.70 71.51 72.05 0.08 72.17s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.31 71.49 70.37 70.72 -0.04 70.89s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.35 70.44 69.38 69.72 -0.10 69.86s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.59 69.75 68.74 69.03 -0.14 69.17s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.11 69.24 68.22 68.43 -0.23 68.56s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.50 68.55 67.62 67.71 -0.26 67.87s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.64 67.78 66.92 67.11 -0.28 67.18s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 658'2 663'4 631'4 635'4 -22'2 635'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 671'6 677'0 645'6 649'6 -22'0 649'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 690'6 696'2 665'2 669'2 -21'2 669'6s 02:54P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 705'4 711'4 681'4 684'6 -20'6 685'6s 02:51P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 713'4 716'0 688'2 691'6 -19'4 693'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 707'6 710'0 685'6 689'4 -17'0 691'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 713'0 713'0 691'6 695'2 -15'2 697'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 722'6 722'6 704'0 710'0 -13'0 709'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 738'0 -11'0 717'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 81555.0 81895.0 78675.0 79200.0 -2420.0 79210.0 03:39P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 82005.0 82160.0 79020.0 79440.0 -2525.0 79530.0 03:39P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 80840.0 80840.0 79860.0 79860.0 -2445.0 79910.0 03:39P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4615.2 4615.2 4524.3 4524.3 -122.3 4555.8 03:38P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4654.5 4670.1 4513.8 4545.1 -140.2 4561.9 03:38P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4681.6 4681.6 4536.0 4557.1 -144.6 4577.8 03:38P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 80.610 80.610 76.005 76.005 -7.751 77.161 03:38P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 83.670 84.010 75.885 76.035 -9.001 77.281 03:38P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 84.000 84.380 76.090 76.445 -8.883 77.547 03:38P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 102.06 106.00 101.48 105.59 4.42 105.42 03:38P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 97.71 101.57 97.23 101.20 4.28 101.02 03:38P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 93.30 96.63 92.78 96.31 3.83 96.14 03:38P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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