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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Thunder Storms Clear Clear Thunder Storms Rain/Snow Mix
Weather Thunder Storms Clear Clear Thunder Storms Rain/Snow Mix
Temp
L/H (°F)		 35/60 34/66 46/73 43/70 32/50
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 29/60 26/66 40/73 37/70 25/50
Dew Point
(°F)		 44 32 40 47 29
Humidity
(%)		 66 41 47 70 51
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 14 15 11 12 14
Precip
 (%)		 80 - - 80 69
Precip
Amt (in.)
 Rain
0.16		 None None Rain
0.36		 S: <1/4
L: 0.22
Evap
(in./day)		 0.11 0.19 0.2 0.12 0.11
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 63oF Feels Like: 63oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 63oF
Barom: 29.72 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 6:30 Sunset: 6:04
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 10:00 PM
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Heavy Rain Pushing East This Week
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Widespread precipitation as the system moves east over the weekend, including areas of severe weather and flooding. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Saturday
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High: 60°F
Low: 35°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 66°F
Low: 34°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 73°F
Low: 46°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 70°F
Low: 43°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 50°F
Low: 32°F
Precip: 69%
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 441'0 449'4 441'0 447'2 5'4 447'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 452'6 462'0 452'2 460'6 7'0 460'4s 03:58P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 462'0 471'4 461'4 471'0 8'2 471'0s 03:54P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 463'0 472'2 462'4 472'2 7'6 472'0s 04:38P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 477'0 484'6 476'2 484'4 6'4 484'4s 03:53P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 487'6 494'0 487'2 493'6 5'0 494'0s 04:39P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 492'4 498'6 492'2 498'2 4'0 498'6s 02:41P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 495'4 500'4 495'4 500'2 3'6 500'6s 03:18P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 473'4 477'6 472'6 477'4 3'6 477'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1170'0 1184'4 1170'0 1184'4 21'2 1185'0s 01:22P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1179'0 1202'6 1177'0 1201'6 21'4 1200'6s 03:59P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1191'6 1215'2 1190'4 1214'0 20'4 1213'0s 03:13P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1180'4 1201'0 1178'6 1198'0 16'6 1197'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1142'4 1159'2 1141'0 1156'2 12'4 1155'2s 02:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1136'0 1150'6 1134'6 1147'0 10'2 1146'6s 03:54P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1145'6 1160'0 1144'4 1155'6 8'4 1155'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1142'6 1156'6 1142'6 1151'2 6'6 1151'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1144'4 1157'6 1144'2 1152'6 6'2 1152'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3084 3132 3079 3126 75 3131s 01:20P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3093 3178 3090 3174 79 3172s 02:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3127 3204 3123 3198 70 3196s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3119 3184 3119 3177 53 3172s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3103 3160 3103 3150 43 3146s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3069 3133 3069 3127 42 3122s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3096 3154 3096 3149 44 3144s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3111 3148 3111 3143 40 3139s 03:37P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3090 3134 3090 3125 31 3121s 03:37P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 95.650 96.550 95.500 95.675 -0.050 95.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 100.525 101.250 100.525 100.900 0.325 100.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 109.775 110.675 109.700 110.600 0.675 110.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 112.100 112.825 111.900 112.700 0.600 112.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 110.875 111.800 110.825 111.575 0.575 111.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 93.575 94.250 93.525 94.125 0.500 94.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.800 85.150 84.650 85.050 0.300 85.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.950 87.275 86.875 87.150 0.250 87.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 237.775 239.050 233.675 234.325 - 3.950 234.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 234.675 235.500 230.100 231.150 - 3.800 231.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 232.750 233.575 228.225 229.000 - 4.150 229.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 231.550 232.550 227.375 227.800 - 4.375 228.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 232.000 233.125 227.775 228.250 - 4.475 228.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 230.925 233.250 228.000 228.425 - 4.325 228.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 230.675 232.275 226.975 227.525 - 4.350 227.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 223.000 224.875 219.975 220.150 - 4.325 220.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 360.550 363.400 354.750 355.450 - 6.975 355.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 356.000 359.550 350.375 351.400 - 7.375 351.625s 02:30P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 352.700 355.500 346.500 347.925 - 7.450 348.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 352.000 355.250 346.650 348.150 - 7.425 348.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 350.650 353.450 345.000 346.425 - 7.400 346.500s 02:30P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 348.475 350.550 343.375 344.050 - 7.400 344.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 345.075 348.250 340.675 341.875 - 7.350 341.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 339.025 341.225 333.975 334.725 - 7.000 335.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 47954.00 48123.00 47025.00 47480.00 - 466.00 47517.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 48256.00 48427.00 47328.00 47757.00 - 475.00 47817.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6826.00 6854.00 6715.75 6740.00 - 91.50 6743.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6874.00 6905.25 6766.25 6791.25 - 92.75 6794.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 25019.75 25141.50 24601.00 24661.25 - 379.25 24670.25s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25240.00 25356.25 24814.75 24875.25 - 383.75 24883.25s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 64.60 65.98 64.60 65.91 0.89 66.21s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 65.10 66.89 64.80 66.47 0.88 66.58s 03:58P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.26 66.76 64.81 66.12 0.63 66.23s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 608'2 608'2 608'2 608'2 28'4 611'2s 01:22P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 585'2 618'4 583'6 618'2 33'0 616'6s 03:11P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 594'0 626'6 592'6 626'4 32'2 625'2s 02:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 605'4 637'6 604'4 637'4 31'6 636'4s 02:51P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 623'6 653'2 621'6 653'0 30'2 652'0s 03:08P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 635'6 665'0 635'6 664'4 27'6 663'6s 02:52P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 645'0 667'6 643'2 667'6 24'4 667'6s 01:22P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 638'0 653'4 638'0 652'6 14'6 653'2s 03:52P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 645'0 655'0 645'0 655'0 11'2 654'4s 03:26P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 71390.0 71645.0 67860.0 68400.0 -3235.0 68295.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 71650.0 71825.0 68145.0 68685.0 -3260.0 68540.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 71735.0 71735.0 70235.0 70235.0 -3265.0 68855.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5121.0 5142.2 5076.1 5137.5 80.8 5146.1s 04:00P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5099.7 5185.0 5071.0 5181.3 80.0 5158.7s 04:00P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5117.1 5201.5 5090.4 5199.3 80.7 5177.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 82.920 84.335 81.425 83.510 2.129 83.816s 04:00P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 82.535 85.000 81.630 84.100 2.132 84.014s 04:00P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 82.555 85.335 81.785 84.695 2.130 84.311s 04:00P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 79.08 92.61 78.24 91.27 9.89 90.90s 04:00P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 77.20 88.16 76.40 87.85 8.88 87.52s 04:00P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 74.55 82.95 73.56 82.56 6.67 82.19s 04:00P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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