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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 45/75 50/78 35/49 24/55 40/67
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L/H (°F)		 58/75 50/78 28/43 19/55 33/67
Dew Point
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Humidity
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 72oF Feels Like: 70oF
Humid: 33% Dew Pt: 41oF
Barom: 29.86 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 7:00 Sunset: 7:24
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Showers Across the North Wednesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 75°F
Low: 45°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 78°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 461'2 468'4 458'0 467'4 4'6 467'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 471'0 478'4 468'2 478'2 5'2 477'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 473'6 480'4 471'0 480'0 4'6 479'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 487'2 494'0 484'6 494'0 4'2 493'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 496'4 503'4 495'0 503'2 4'0 503'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 502'2 509'0 501'2 509'0 4'0 508'6s 01:21P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'6 511'6 503'6 511'6 3'4 511'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'6 488'0 484'6 487'6 3'2 487'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 487'2 492'2 486'2 492'2 3'6 491'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1153'4 1176'6 1151'4 1173'4 16'6 1171'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1170'0 1192'6 1168'0 1189'6 16'2 1187'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1165'0 1185'2 1163'6 1181'6 13'4 1180'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1142'0 1156'2 1140'2 1154'0 8'6 1152'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1141'2 1154'0 1140'6 1151'4 6'2 1150'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1152'0 1164'6 1152'0 1162'2 6'4 1161'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1149'4 1159'4 1147'2 1157'4 7'0 1156'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1148'2 1160'2 1148'2 1158'2 7'0 1157'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1153'4 1164'0 1152'6 1162'0 7'0 1161'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3224 3244 3181 3205 - 26 3198s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3202 3216 3164 3187 - 19 3180s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3170 3182 3138 3157 - 14 3152s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3139 3145 3109 3125 - 9 3121s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3103 3113 3083 3097 - 8 3091s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3135 3144 3115 3127 - 10 3121s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3136 3144 3117 3125 - 10 3122s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3119 3127 3101 3109 - 9 3106s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3113 3121 3096 3103 - 8 3101s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.750 91.500 90.525 90.850 -0.150 90.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 95.150 96.200 94.650 95.550 0.075 95.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 103.500 105.000 102.950 104.150 0.075 104.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 105.575 107.025 105.000 106.225 0.175 106.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.400 106.650 104.825 105.875 0.150 105.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.000 91.050 89.650 90.300 -0.025 90.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.450 83.300 82.125 82.600 -0.100 82.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.275 85.850 84.950 85.200 -0.275 85.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 235.575 235.975 233.300 234.375 - 0.950 234.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 234.775 235.875 232.375 233.775 - 0.750 233.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 232.100 233.400 230.125 231.600 - 0.500 231.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 229.750 230.750 228.150 229.425 - 0.350 229.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.000 230.725 228.275 229.400 - 0.400 229.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.975 230.900 228.575 229.625 - 0.350 229.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 229.300 230.350 228.125 229.075 - 0.275 229.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 222.575 223.500 221.525 222.325 - 0.200 222.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 360.500 362.075 360.250 361.850 1.575 361.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 355.250 356.600 351.700 353.725 - 1.100 353.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 351.000 353.275 348.425 350.225 - 0.650 350.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 350.300 352.525 347.675 349.375 - 1.000 349.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 349.000 350.800 346.150 347.800 - 1.225 347.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 346.400 349.175 344.450 346.125 - 1.400 345.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 344.500 347.050 342.625 343.800 - 1.600 343.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 339.550 341.250 336.675 338.225 - 1.775 338.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 46695.00 47036.00 46480.00 46685.00 270.00 46415.00 02:02P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 46971.00 47318.00 46778.00 46980.00 278.00 46702.00 02:02P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6646.50 6684.75 6616.50 6633.75 27.75 6606.00 02:03P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6704.25 6731.50 6668.00 6686.00 29.00 6657.00 02:02P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 24420.00 24539.75 24286.50 24325.00 111.25 24213.75 02:02P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24651.25 24760.00 24515.75 24545.00 110.00 24435.00 02:02P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 65.44 67.32 64.90 67.10 1.37 67.10s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.28 67.14 64.86 66.90 1.25 66.92s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 64.60 66.33 64.21 66.13 1.14 66.11s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 63.78 65.44 63.44 65.26 1.07 65.25s 01:20P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.00 64.50 62.60 64.33 1.02 64.34s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.50 64.01 62.16 63.87 0.99 63.86s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 61.97 63.64 61.85 63.49 0.95 63.50s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.38 62.93 61.21 62.83 0.93 62.84s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 589'0 599'4 579'2 599'4 7'6 597'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 601'0 610'4 590'4 610'2 6'6 608'6s 01:20P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 613'6 623'6 604'2 623'4 6'2 622'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 630'0 641'2 622'2 640'6 6'2 640'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 644'2 654'6 636'2 654'2 6'2 653'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 648'4 659'6 644'0 659'6 6'2 659'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 640'4 650'0 639'2 650'0 6'4 650'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 640'4 640'4 640'4 640'4 6'4 654'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 650'0 650'0 650'0 650'0 6'6 664'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 70320.0 72095.0 70175.0 70865.0 1510.0 69355.0 02:02P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 70555.0 72315.0 70405.0 71110.0 1495.0 69615.0 02:02P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 71410.0 72505.0 71410.0 72295.0 2355.0 69940.0 02:02P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4549.0 4551.9 4541.8 4547.2 150.5 4549.8 02:03P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4473.5 4601.0 4458.2 4529.0 127.0 4552.3 02:03P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4487.9 4616.3 4475.0 4550.2 132.2 4568.6 02:03P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 71.390 73.170 71.280 72.930 3.087 72.361 02:02P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 71.470 74.470 71.415 71.890 2.571 72.395 02:02P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 71.480 74.800 71.310 71.970 2.401 72.641 02:02P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 88.49 91.44 86.46 91.36 -0.99 90.32 02:02P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 85.92 88.67 84.23 88.59 -1.16 87.78 02:02P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 83.35 85.90 81.57 85.74 -1.04 85.06 02:02P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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