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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Rain Clear
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 62/75 55/76 57/82 40/60 33/55
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 62/71 55/76 57/84 32/60 24/55
Dew Point
(°F)		 63 54 58 41 28
Humidity
(%)		 84 59 67 56 43
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Speed
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Precip
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0.86		 Rain
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 66oF Feels Like: 66oF
Humid: 78% Dew Pt: 59oF
Barom: 29.74 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:26 Sunset: 7:46
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
More Storms From Southern Plains to Midwest Wednesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 75°F
Low: 62°F
Precip: 66%		 High: 76°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 443'0 446'6 442'6 446'2 3'2 443'0 03:10A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 452'4 456'0 452'2 455'6 3'2 452'4 03:10A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 455'0 458'4 455'0 457'6 2'6 455'0 03:10A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 471'0 473'6 470'2 473'4 3'0 470'4 03:10A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 483'0 486'4 483'0 486'0 2'4 483'4 03:10A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 490'2 493'4 490'2 493'4 2'6 490'6 03:10A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 494'0 497'2 494'0 497'2 3'0 494'2 03:10A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 477'2 478'0 477'2 477'6 0'4 477'2 03:10A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 482'6 484'6 482'6 484'6 2'2 482'4 03:10A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1156'6 1164'0 1156'6 1164'0 6'0 1158'0 03:10A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1171'0 1178'4 1171'0 1178'4 5'6 1172'6 03:10A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1164'4 1171'0 1164'4 1170'6 4'6 1166'0 03:10A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1141'6 1147'6 1141'6 1146'0 2'6 1143'2 03:10A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1142'4 1149'0 1141'0 1148'6 4'6 1144'0 03:10A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1153'2 1159'6 1153'2 1159'2 4'0 1155'2 03:10A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1154'4 1159'0 1154'4 1158'4 3'4 1155'0 03:10A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1158'0 1162'4 1157'6 1161'2 3'0 1158'2 03:10A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1164'6 1168'4 1164'6 1167'2 3'0 1164'2 03:10A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3297 3310 3297 3309 12 3297 03:10A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3267 3282 3267 3282 9 3273 03:10A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3222 3230 3221 3230 6 3224 03:10A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3180 3189 3177 3189 6 3183 03:10A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3147 3159 3147 3159 9 3150 03:10A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3180 3193 3180 3192 9 3183 03:10A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3192 3200 3188 3200 10 3190 03:10A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3186 3194 3183 3190 4 3186 03:10A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3186 3190 3186 3190 1 3189 03:10A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.550 90.600 90.350 90.450 90.500s 04/14 Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 94.750 95.100 93.950 94.125 -0.625 94.225s 04/14 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 103.125 103.375 102.250 102.475 - 0.675 102.450s 04/14 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.075 106.175 105.125 105.325 - 0.725 105.350s 04/14 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.950 106.150 105.200 105.400 - 0.550 105.400s 04/14 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.225 91.225 90.450 90.775 -0.400 90.725s 04/14 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.325 83.400 82.850 83.100 -0.350 83.075s 04/14 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.075 86.075 85.525 85.850 -0.200 85.850s 04/14 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.750 253.600 250.750 252.550 1.900 252.550s 04/14 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 248.500 252.000 248.500 251.350 2.900 251.425s 04/14 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 244.300 247.675 244.300 246.325 2.075 246.525s 04/14 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 240.600 243.500 240.600 241.600 1.225 242.025s 04/14 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 240.000 242.750 240.000 240.725 1.050 241.225s 04/14 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 239.950 242.100 239.825 240.425 1.225 240.875s 04/14 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.925 240.875 238.925 239.700 1.325 240.025s 04/14 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 231.825 233.800 231.825 233.050 1.500 233.325s 04/14 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 374.625 378.500 374.600 375.475 1.400 375.875s 04/14 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 373.000 377.575 372.825 374.375 2.025 374.850s 04/14 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 373.325 378.050 373.300 375.425 2.500 375.825s 04/14 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 371.875 376.000 371.875 373.625 2.350 373.950s 04/14 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 369.350 373.475 369.350 370.850 2.250 371.425s 04/14 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 366.450 370.225 366.250 367.925 2.050 368.300s 04/14 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 359.925 363.575 359.925 361.025 1.825 361.350s 04/14 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 354.625 358.250 354.625 355.975 1.700 355.975s 04/14 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 48758.00 48797.00 48705.00 48716.00 - 39.00 48755.00 03:11A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49054.00 49092.00 49001.00 49030.00 - 22.00 49052.00 03:11A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7004.00 7017.25 6999.25 7004.25 - 0.50 7004.75 03:11A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7058.75 7070.00 7055.00 7060.00 1.00 7059.00 03:11A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 25985.75 26058.00 25966.00 26004.75 8.00 25996.75 03:11A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 26250.25 26271.00 26206.75 26253.00 19.50 26233.50 03:11A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 66.40 66.75 66.29 66.61 0.17 66.44 03:10A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 66.14 66.55 66.03 66.45 0.23 66.22 03:10A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 64.90 65.37 64.90 65.22 0.14 65.08 03:10A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 63.87 64.26 63.76 64.17 0.21 63.96 03:10A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 62.64 63.16 62.54 63.02 0.19 62.83 03:10A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 61.83 62.47 61.83 62.40 0.29 62.11 03:10A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 61.45 61.98 61.45 61.92 0.23 61.69 03:10A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.20 61.45 61.20 61.45 0.34 61.11 03:11A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 592'0 595'0 590'2 593'0 1'0 592'0 03:10A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 600'6 604'0 599'2 602'4 1'2 601'2 03:10A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 613'0 615'4 611'0 614'0 1'0 613'0 03:10A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 629'4 632'6 628'2 631'4 1'0 630'4 03:10A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 645'0 647'4 644'0 646'0 0'6 645'2 03:10A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 653'0 653'6 652'2 652'2 0'4 651'6 03:10A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 649'6 651'4 649'6 651'4 2'4 649'0 03:10A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 653'6 -0'2 654'0 03:10A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 663'0 0'0 663'0 03:10A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 74370.0 74900.0 73420.0 73840.0 - 560.0 74400.0 03:11A Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 74780.0 75155.0 73800.0 74170.0 - 570.0 74740.0 03:11A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 75340.0 75340.0 75340.0 75340.0 340.0 75000.0 03:11A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4843.6 4843.6 4807.9 4807.9 - 17.1 4825.0 03:11A Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4847.9 4876.0 4811.1 4811.9 - 20.8 4832.7 03:11A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4862.7 4895.4 4827.1 4829.4 - 20.7 4850.1 03:11A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 79.580 79.391 Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 79.705 81.155 79.100 79.175 -0.358 79.533 03:11A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 79.860 81.235 79.390 79.390 -0.428 79.818 03:11A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 92.02 92.38 86.96 90.93 -0.35 91.28 03:11A Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 88.80 89.20 84.70 88.55 0.36 88.19 03:11A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 85.54 85.68 82.23 85.47 0.56 84.91 03:11A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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