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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Clear Thunder Storms Mostly Cloudy Clear Mostly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 63/82 64/83 63/80 57/77 58/76
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 63/85 64/90 63/82 57/77 58/77
Dew Point
(°F)		 70 69 65 61 63
Humidity
(%)		 75 83 74 75 85
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 1 7 8 3 6
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Temp: 82oF Feels Like: 84oF
Humid: 55% Dew Pt: 64oF
Barom: 30.06 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 6:21 Sunset: 7:58
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 472'6 481'2 472'2 477'4 5'6 478'6s 03:31P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 498'0 506'2 497'2 502'4 5'4 503'4s 03:33P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 513'4 520'6 512'6 517'0 4'4 518'2s 03:33P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 520'0 527'0 519'4 523'4 4'0 524'6s 03:10P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 522'4 529'0 522'2 525'2 3'4 526'4s 03:10P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 503'2 506'4 502'4 503'4 2'2 504'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 506'2 509'4 506'2 506'4 1'0 507'4s 03:19P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 517'2 520'0 516'6 517'2 0'2 517'4s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 521'2 525'2 521'2 523'2 0'2 523'0s 01:30P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1221'0 1228'2 1218'4 1220'4 -1'4 1220'6s 02:45P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1236'4 1244'4 1234'4 1236'0 -0'6 1236'4s 03:28P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1250'4 1259'0 1249'0 1250'4 0'2 1251'4s 02:49P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1254'4 1263'2 1253'4 1256'0 1'6 1257'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1258'6 1267'2 1258'0 1260'4 2'4 1262'0s 02:52P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1262'0 1270'0 1260'6 1263'2 1'4 1264'2s 02:33P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1244'6 1250'4 1242'6 1245'2 1'6 1246'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1206'0 1209'4 1204'4 1205'6 1'4 1206'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1192'6 1197'4 1191'4 1193'4 0'4 1194'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3189 3221 3149 3151 - 32 3157s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3210 3243 3179 3180 - 24 3186s 03:10P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3255 3288 3231 3233 - 18 3238s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3275 3305 3257 3260 - 12 3264s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3295 3322 3280 3283 - 10 3287s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3315 3339 3301 3301 - 7 3309s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3339 3360 3326 3326 - 7 3332s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3323 3339 3305 3308 - 9 3314s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3296 3303 3279 3279 - 12 3284s 01:20P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81.125 81.275 80.100 80.325 -1.275 80.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.150 71.250 70.625 70.775 -0.675 70.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 74.050 74.300 73.750 73.850 -0.425 73.825s 02:33P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.450 79.775 79.275 79.400 -0.250 79.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 83.975 84.150 83.975 84.150 0.075 84.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.250 92.750 92.250 92.550 92.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.000 94.400 93.975 94.125 0.125 94.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.575 94.000 93.550 93.775 0.175 93.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.000 79.050 78.725 78.725 -0.250 78.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.100 72.100 72.100 72.100 0.400 72.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.400 0.400 75.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 223.425 224.525 222.300 223.425 - 0.075 223.350s 02:36P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 217.225 219.325 216.150 218.050 0.775 218.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 217.150 219.675 216.025 218.150 1.125 218.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 217.800 220.125 216.525 218.725 1.100 218.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 218.425 220.500 217.000 219.350 1.025 219.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 211.650 213.650 210.175 212.625 1.100 212.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 207.700 209.600 206.175 208.625 1.025 208.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 205.525 208.050 205.525 207.450 0.825 207.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 208.275 208.700 207.975 208.075 0.975 208.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 207.975 207.975 207.975 207.975 0.875 207.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 337.500 337.500 334.400 335.425 - 1.550 335.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 329.350 330.700 325.775 329.000 - 0.200 328.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 322.375 324.425 318.675 322.825 0.650 322.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 314.325 316.500 310.475 314.925 0.800 314.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 305.400 307.950 302.000 306.625 0.925 306.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 301.825 304.100 298.250 302.875 1.375 302.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 300.000 304.025 298.200 303.000 1.475 302.575s 02:47P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 300.000 303.325 299.000 302.675 1.900 302.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 300.250 303.325 299.000 302.475 2.125 302.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53529.00 53589.00 52812.00 52854.00 - 676.00 52849.00 03:36P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53984.00 53986.00 53216.00 53223.00 - 712.00 53251.00 03:36P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7733.00 7746.50 7657.75 7666.00 - 63.00 7662.50 03:36P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7803.25 7811.00 7723.50 7730.75 - 64.25 7728.00 03:36P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29561.50 29689.75 29202.75 29301.00 - 211.75 29300.50 03:36P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29867.25 29971.00 29498.00 29578.50 - 225.50 29588.50 03:36P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 69.95 71.29 69.56 71.24 1.32 71.18s 03:31P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.95 71.45 69.62 71.40 1.41 71.33s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.98 71.42 69.67 71.36 1.36 71.32s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.06 71.27 69.69 71.21 1.18 71.16s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.89 71.05 69.61 70.96 1.03 70.92s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.85 70.81 69.44 70.69 0.94 70.68s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.34 70.43 69.28 70.36 0.86 70.30s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.70 69.60 68.56 69.50 0.78 69.53s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 680'0 691'2 675'6 682'2 2'4 682'6s 02:33P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 697'0 708'6 693'0 699'4 2'4 700'0s 02:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 714'2 725'6 710'6 716'6 2'4 717'2s 02:33P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 721'6 732'4 718'4 724'2 2'2 724'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 720'0 730'6 717'6 722'2 1'4 723'0s 03:34P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 724'2 736'2 724'2 728'2 1'0 729'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 738'0 746'6 736'4 740'4 0'2 740'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 750'0 752'0 744'0 744'0 -0'4 746'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 752'4 752'4 743'0 743'0 -0'4 744'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 69195.0 73135.0 69100.0 73060.0 4485.0 72790.0 03:36P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 70180.0 73390.0 69365.0 73305.0 4475.0 73080.0 03:36P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 70180.0 73700.0 70180.0 73375.0 4285.0 73415.0 03:36P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4506.8 4530.0 4486.0 4513.6 26.9 4516.3 03:36P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4530.5 4545.1 4456.2 4527.4 32.3 4520.7 03:36P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4547.2 4562.3 4472.5 4539.9 28.6 4537.1 03:36P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 66.850 68.950 66.850 68.180 2.446 68.026 03:36P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 67.080 69.045 65.755 68.150 2.325 68.105 03:36P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 67.250 69.250 66.200 68.435 2.381 68.348 03:36P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 85.80 89.00 85.60 88.15 2.00 87.83 01:30P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 84.40 87.69 84.23 86.49 2.10 86.83 03:36P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 82.93 85.46 82.50 84.53 1.72 84.86 03:36P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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