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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Mostly Cloudy Cloudy Rain Rain Rain
Weather Mostly Cloudy Cloudy Rain Rain Rain
Temp
L/H (°F)		 50/70 53/69 58/68 54/63 55/67
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 50/70 53/69 58/68 54/63 55/67
Dew Point
(°F)		 58 57 60 57 57
Humidity
(%)		 77 86 93 93 89
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 5 5 5 8 5
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 69oF
Humid: 64% Dew Pt: 57oF
Barom: 30.33 Wind Dir: ENE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:55 Sunset: 7:02
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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Rain Increasing in the Plains Through Thursday
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Local Forecast
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High: 70°F
Low: 50°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 69°F
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Precip: 0%		 High: 68°F
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Precip: 67%		 High: 63°F
Low: 54°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 67°F
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Precip: 57%
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 536'0 536'2 527'4 528'6 -7'6 529'0s 04:51P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 550'4 550'4 542'2 543'0 -7'4 543'4s 04:51P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 557'0 557'2 549'4 550'4 -7'0 550'6s 04:45P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 558'6 559'2 552'2 553'0 -6'2 553'4s 04:45P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 527'4 528'0 523'0 524'0 -4'2 524'6s 04:45P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 530'4 531'2 526'6 527'6 -3'2 528'4s 04:51P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 542'4 542'4 539'2 540'0 -3'0 540'4s 03:07P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 548'4 548'4 546'0 546'6 -3'2 547'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 550'4 551'2 549'2 549'6 -3'0 550'0s 02:56P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1324'6 1327'2 1311'0 1317'4 -7'4 1318'0s 04:46P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1340'0 1342'4 1326'6 1333'0 -7'4 1333'6s 04:45P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1347'4 1350'2 1336'2 1341'4 -6'2 1342'4s 02:31P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1353'6 1356'2 1343'4 1349'0 -5'2 1350'0s 03:43P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1356'0 1359'6 1348'2 1353'4 -4'6 1354'4s 02:31P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1338'4 1341'2 1330'4 1335'6 -4'0 1337'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1297'4 1298'0 1290'0 1295'4 -2'4 1296'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1280'0 1283'0 1275'0 1280'6 -0'6 1281'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1288'4 1291'0 1284'6 1290'0 -0'4 1291'2s 01:30P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3689 3724 3660 3700 14 3703s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3707 3734 3677 3702 - 1 3706s 04:49P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3707 3732 3679 3701 - 8 3703s 02:39P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3690 3722 3673 3691 - 13 3694s 04:48P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3707 3721 3674 3687 - 18 3689s 03:43P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3703 3727 3683 3693 - 20 3696s 04:49P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3663 3678 3642 3656 - 16 3653s 04:48P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3620 3623 3593 3601 - 10 3600s 01:30P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3540 3560 3538 3538 - 3 3539s 02:52P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 79.250 79.925 79.125 79.875 0.600 79.875s 02:30P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 70.975 71.025 69.950 70.375 -0.675 70.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 72.450 72.500 71.750 72.025 -0.525 72.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 77.550 77.575 76.925 77.200 -0.350 77.200s 02:30P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 81.575 81.575 81.575 81.575 -0.400 81.575s 02:30P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 90.475 90.500 89.875 90.075 -0.325 90.175s 02:30P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 92.150 92.150 91.625 91.875 -0.275 91.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 92.000 92.000 91.450 91.750 -0.350 91.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 77.450 77.450 76.975 77.200 -0.200 77.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 70.600 70.650 70.350 70.450 -0.150 70.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 -0.150 74.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 218.850 221.075 218.450 220.825 2.150 220.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 219.500 222.550 219.000 222.175 2.900 222.350s 03:23P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 220.500 223.750 220.000 223.325 3.100 223.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 221.775 224.800 221.275 224.400 3.000 224.700s 02:30P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 216.100 219.500 215.975 219.075 2.975 219.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 213.250 216.100 212.750 215.775 2.850 216.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 211.950 214.600 211.925 214.300 2.400 214.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 212.600 215.000 212.600 215.000 2.200 214.950s 03:03P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 213.300 214.750 213.300 214.750 1.625 214.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 214.000 214.450 214.000 214.450 1.500 214.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 337.000 337.425 336.325 336.400 - 0.750 336.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 328.125 333.475 327.750 332.975 5.300 333.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 323.475 329.675 322.650 329.200 6.300 329.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 314.750 321.850 314.450 321.375 6.925 321.675s 02:53P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 310.925 317.375 310.425 317.025 6.850 317.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 309.925 317.000 309.925 316.650 6.700 316.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 309.425 315.925 309.350 315.550 6.550 315.825s 02:56P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 313.450 317.600 312.925 317.600 6.375 317.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 311.000 314.000 311.000 314.000 5.325 314.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 52255.00 52371.00 51844.00 51868.00 - 406.00 51873.00s 04:45P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52752.00 52852.00 52350.00 52362.00 - 403.00 52371.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7830.00 7843.25 7758.75 7772.75 - 59.25 7772.50s 04:48P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7914.00 7925.00 7842.25 7854.25 - 59.25 7855.00s 04:45P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 31008.50 31094.75 30642.75 30776.00 - 263.75 30764.75s 04:46P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 31386.25 31454.75 31009.75 31122.50 - 265.50 31134.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.40 67.65 66.47 67.19 -0.12 67.25s 04:45P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.95 68.21 67.03 67.71 -0.11 67.81s 04:45P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.19 68.42 67.29 67.95 -0.13 68.06s 02:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.50 68.63 67.52 68.14 -0.11 68.27s 04:45P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.70 68.77 67.70 68.31 -0.10 68.42s 03:43P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.63 68.75 67.70 68.24 -0.09 68.39s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.77 68.22 67.28 67.87 -0.07 67.92s 03:42P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.27 67.68 66.78 67.36 -0.03 67.42s 03:42P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 716'6 717'6 702'0 707'2 -8'6 708'4s 04:45P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 733'2 733'6 718'0 722'6 -9'0 724'2s 04:45P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 741'0 741'2 726'0 730'4 -9'2 732'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 740'4 741'0 727'0 732'0 -7'0 733'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 745'4 745'4 732'4 737'2 -6'4 738'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 755'0 755'0 743'2 747'2 -6'4 748'4s 03:09P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 755'6 758'6 750'0 755'2 -6'0 755'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 752'6 753'0 752'6 753'0 -5'4 752'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 734'0 734'0 734'0 734'0 -4'2 732'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 84390.0 84575.0 84150.0 84550.0 55.0 84495.0 04:52P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 84850.0 85235.0 84725.0 85075.0 90.0 84985.0 04:52P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 87360.0 87360.0 85145.0 85340.0 - 1805.0 85355.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 4280.0 4280.0 4280.0 4280.0 - 57.6 4281.3s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4363.1 4374.0 4277.6 4289.1 - 57.9 4284.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4382.1 4386.6 4296.0 4305.7 - 58.0 4302.1s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 66.205 66.220 64.410 64.430 -1.550 64.382s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 67.185 67.420 64.260 64.360 -1.563 64.433s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 67.555 67.635 64.525 64.650 -1.568 64.702s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 89.89 93.06 88.71 92.71 1.64 92.16s 04:45P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 87.50 90.12 86.53 89.83 1.53 89.51s 04:53P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 85.19 87.61 84.52 87.26 1.39 87.09s 04:51P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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