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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 63/79 66/78 61/79 63/81 63/76
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 63/83 66/79 61/80 63/86 63/77
Dew Point
(°F)		 69 68 66 69 67
Humidity
(%)		 92 85 81 90 88
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 6 4 4 6 7
Precip
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 30.04 Wind Dir: W
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 3 mph
Sunrise: 6:19 Sunset: 8:01
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 9:00 PM
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Local Forecast
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High: 79°F
Low: 63°F
Precip: 41%		 High: 78°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 464'2 467'2 463'6 466'6 1'6 465'0 10:01P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 489'0 492'0 488'2 491'2 1'6 489'4 10:02P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 504'4 507'4 504'0 507'0 1'6 505'2 10:02P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 512'0 514'6 511'2 514'2 1'6 512'4 10:02P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 514'0 517'2 514'0 517'0 2'0 515'0 10:02P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 495'0 497'4 495'0 497'4 1'2 496'2 10:02P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 500'6 503'0 500'2 502'6 1'2 501'4 10:02P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 512'0 513'6 512'0 513'6 1'0 512'6 10:02P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 518'4 0'0 518'6 10:02P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1199'6 1210'2 1198'2 1209'2 8'2 1201'0 10:02P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1215'0 1225'4 1213'0 1225'0 9'0 1216'0 10:02P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1228'4 1240'0 1228'0 1239'2 8'2 1231'0 10:02P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1234'4 1244'4 1232'6 1244'0 8'2 1235'6 10:02P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1238'6 1248'6 1237'4 1248'2 7'6 1240'4 10:02P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1242'2 1252'0 1242'2 1251'6 7'4 1244'2 10:02P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1229'0 1234'4 1228'6 1234'4 6'6 1227'6 10:02P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1194'2 1197'4 1194'2 1197'4 5'2 1192'2 10:02P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1183'0 1190'0 1183'0 1190'0 4'6 1185'2 10:02P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3121 3147 3120 3147 26 3121 10:02P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3140 3167 3140 3166 26 3140 10:02P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3184 3215 3184 3214 27 3187 10:01P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3204 3232 3204 3231 25 3206 10:01P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3218 3251 3218 3250 25 3225 10:01P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3236 3268 3236 3268 24 3244 10:01P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3261 3290 3261 3290 21 3269 10:02P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3259 3258 10:02P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3242 3239 10:02P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81.600 82.925 81.350 81.675 -0.025 81.725s 03:35P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 72.500 73.700 72.250 72.500 0.050 72.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 75.850 76.850 75.550 75.825 75.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 81.025 81.950 80.800 81.050 0.050 81.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 85.350 85.750 84.950 85.175 0.050 85.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 93.500 94.375 93.350 93.550 0.075 93.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.875 95.575 94.750 94.900 0.100 94.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.225 94.875 94.175 94.350 0.050 94.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.625 0.325 80.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.500 0.325 72.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 76.125 0.325 76.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 223.675 226.600 223.650 224.375 0.925 224.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 219.325 222.025 218.050 218.650 - 0.100 218.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 219.000 221.325 217.850 218.250 0.025 218.400s 02:31P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 219.325 221.725 218.525 218.800 - 0.150 218.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 219.875 222.050 219.000 219.450 - 0.100 219.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 212.900 215.050 212.075 212.650 - 0.100 212.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 209.875 211.025 208.275 208.700 - 0.150 208.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 209.125 210.000 207.500 207.975 - 0.075 208.075s 02:31P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.325 209.325 208.225 208.675 - 0.200 208.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 207.000 - 0.200 208.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 341.000 342.900 338.950 339.800 - 0.850 339.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 335.100 337.750 331.450 332.875 - 1.600 332.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 325.950 329.000 323.450 325.275 - 0.075 325.350s 02:31P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 318.000 320.850 315.875 317.625 0.400 317.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 310.225 312.550 307.750 309.725 0.400 309.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 306.275 308.575 304.075 305.600 0.225 305.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 306.000 308.250 303.800 305.525 305.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 305.300 307.050 302.775 304.000 - 0.275 304.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 305.300 306.900 302.350 303.625 - 0.875 304.225s 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 53501.00 53558.00 53488.00 53528.00 - 16.00 53544.00 10:02P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53917.00 53956.00 53912.00 53948.00 - 3.00 53951.00 10:02P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7766.00 7770.50 7742.75 7749.50 - 19.25 7768.75 10:02P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7833.75 7836.50 7810.00 7815.50 - 19.75 7835.25 10:02P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 30077.00 30121.25 29880.25 29910.50 - 185.50 30096.00 10:02P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30378.00 30407.00 30180.00 30202.25 - 189.25 30391.50 10:02P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 71.40 71.72 71.38 71.59 0.15 71.44 10:02P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.13 71.57 71.13 71.45 0.24 71.21 10:02P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.66 71.14 70.66 71.01 0.19 70.82 10:01P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.59 70.87 70.55 70.74 0.14 70.60 10:01P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.07 70.45 70.06 70.40 0.09 70.31 10:01P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.80 70.20 69.80 70.20 0.14 70.06 10:01P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.61 69.81 69.61 69.76 0.05 69.71 10:02P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.97 68.97 68.96 68.96 -0.03 68.99 10:02P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 673'6 678'0 672'6 675'0 0'2 674'6 10:02P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 687'6 692'6 687'4 689'6 0'4 689'2 10:02P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 704'6 708'2 703'6 705'6 0'4 705'2 10:02P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 712'4 715'2 711'6 713'0 0'6 712'2 10:01P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 709'0 713'4 709'0 711'2 0'4 710'6 10:02P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 719'2 719'2 716'4 717'4 0'4 717'0 10:01P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 729'0 729'4 729'0 729'2 0'6 728'4 10:01P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 735'0 735'0 735'0 735'0 -0'2 735'2 10:00P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 738'4 0'0 733'2 10:00P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 64495.0 64685.0 64095.0 64170.0 - 240.0 64410.0 10:02P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 64950.0 64950.0 64355.0 64395.0 - 270.0 64665.0 10:02P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 65190.0 64700.0 63400.0 64965.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4415.2 4434.1 4396.3 4396.4 - 21.4 4417.8 10:02P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4423.0 4443.4 4401.0 4404.7 - 19.7 4424.4 10:02P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4439.0 4459.3 4416.7 4427.0 - 13.1 4440.1 10:02P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 65.835 66.121 Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 65.895 66.685 65.275 65.580 -0.651 66.231 10:02P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 66.635 66.715 65.650 65.650 -0.813 66.463 10:02P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 84.98 85.37 84.62 85.03 0.53 84.50 10:02P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 84.10 84.51 83.77 84.24 0.50 83.74 10:02P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 82.79 82.99 82.33 82.77 0.36 82.41 10:02P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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