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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 73/86 65/86 64/85 67/75 63/77
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L/H (°F)		 74/93 65/89 64/87 67/77 63/78
Dew Point
(°F)		 72 67 66 69 66
Humidity
(%)		 66 66 63 97 90
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 86oF Feels Like: 93oF
Humid: 65% Dew Pt: 73oF
Barom: 29.88 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 5:58 Sunset: 8:27
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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Front Continues to Produce Showers Tuesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 86°F
Low: 73°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 452'0 462'2 451'4 458'6 6'6 458'4s 03:10P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 474'6 484'2 473'4 481'0 6'4 480'4s 03:04P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 490'2 499'2 489'2 496'2 6'2 495'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'6 507'4 497'6 504'2 5'6 504'2s 02:49P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 503'0 511'0 501'4 508'0 5'6 507'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 485'2 489'0 483'2 486'0 2'0 485'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'6 493'4 487'0 489'6 1'0 489'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'0 503'6 500'4 500'4 0'2 500'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 507'4 509'4 507'4 509'4 0'0 506'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1210'2 1217'0 1202'2 1211'2 3'4 1212'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1202'6 1209'4 1193'0 1204'0 5'0 1204'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1215'4 1225'0 1206'2 1219'6 6'2 1220'0s 02:34P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1229'0 1238'4 1220'4 1233'2 6'2 1233'6s 02:37P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1230'2 1239'6 1223'2 1235'2 6'0 1235'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1233'4 1243'0 1228'0 1239'2 6'0 1240'0s 02:31P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1238'6 1246'0 1231'6 1241'6 5'4 1243'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1219'6 1227'2 1214'0 1224'2 5'4 1224'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1178'6 1183'2 1178'6 1183'2 5'0 1184'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3210 3235 3190 3196 - 5 3203s 02:43P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3203 3233 3186 3209 10 3213s 02:58P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3194 3230 3179 3223 32 3227s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3246 3281 3224 3274 37 3278s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3275 3311 3254 3304 39 3309s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3291 3335 3277 3328 39 3333s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3310 3356 3298 3349 39 3353s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3337 3382 3327 3374 39 3380s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3334 3364 3334 3362 39 3367s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.675 103.350 102.500 103.050 0.125 103.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 87.625 88.725 87.250 88.175 0.475 88.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 78.300 79.725 78.000 79.525 1.125 79.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 81.425 82.875 81.175 82.575 1.200 82.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.725 87.150 85.725 86.900 1.025 87.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 89.775 90.175 89.775 90.175 0.925 90.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 97.650 98.525 97.475 98.250 0.925 98.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.150 98.925 98.000 98.675 1.000 98.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 96.975 97.800 96.975 97.800 1.125 97.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.575 83.000 82.575 83.000 1.450 82.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 75.725 1.450 75.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 225.500 228.375 225.500 227.125 2.250 227.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 219.075 222.975 218.500 221.775 3.400 222.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 217.725 222.350 217.400 220.900 3.900 221.300s 02:53P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 218.100 222.600 217.725 220.975 3.800 221.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 218.600 223.000 218.350 221.175 3.300 221.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 211.850 216.050 211.700 214.050 2.850 214.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 209.575 212.000 208.250 210.025 2.500 210.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 207.475 210.150 207.125 208.400 2.200 209.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 208.350 208.950 208.350 208.950 1.650 208.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 209.000 210.000 208.525 208.525 1.225 208.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 339.750 346.000 338.750 342.750 4.825 343.075s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 333.300 341.000 332.600 336.850 5.300 337.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 324.750 331.950 323.275 326.350 1.575 326.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 318.825 325.225 316.550 319.200 - 1.225 319.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 312.125 317.925 309.400 311.975 - 2.350 312.425s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 308.900 313.850 305.975 307.900 - 3.100 308.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 308.225 312.850 305.375 307.475 - 3.550 307.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 307.400 312.000 304.975 306.200 - 3.300 306.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 307.500 311.425 304.975 305.350 - 3.375 307.000s 02:35P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52405.00 53105.00 52290.00 52953.00 571.00 52944.00 03:13P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52799.00 53513.00 52753.00 53370.00 578.00 53360.00 03:13P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7453.00 7485.75 7417.00 7468.25 20.00 7465.25 03:13P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7523.00 7551.75 7484.00 7534.25 19.25 7532.00 03:13P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28210.50 28228.00 27603.50 27930.00 - 260.00 27922.00 03:14P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 28490.00 28490.50 27894.25 28208.00 - 268.75 28206.75 03:14P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 71.51 71.71 70.10 70.83 -0.70 70.76s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.90 71.10 69.59 70.36 -0.71 70.14s 03:11P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.25 70.40 68.92 69.59 -0.66 69.46s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.64 69.88 68.42 69.07 -0.65 68.93s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.52 69.53 68.24 68.83 -0.61 68.76s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.09 69.20 67.88 68.53 -0.54 68.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.50 68.50 67.55 68.18 -0.52 68.10s 02:56P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.31 68.53 67.15 67.69 -0.52 67.64s 02:56P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 661'4 665'6 650'4 664'6 2'4 662'4s 02:53P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 679'6 682'4 668'4 681'6 2'2 679'6s 02:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 694'2 698'0 684'4 697'2 1'6 695'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 702'2 705'0 692'6 703'6 0'6 702'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 696'6 701'2 690'0 700'0 0'0 698'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 705'4 706'2 695'2 705'2 -0'6 703'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 714'6 715'0 705'4 714'2 -2'0 713'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 719'6 719'6 712'6 718'0 -2'6 718'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 711'0 716'4 707'6 716'4 -2'2 715'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 64810.0 64810.0 62680.0 63970.0 - 995.0 63870.0 03:12P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 64855.0 64855.0 62865.0 64160.0 -1030.0 64075.0 03:12P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 64200.0 64385.0 63365.0 64220.0 -1135.0 64300.0 03:12P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4025.7 4025.7 4025.7 4025.7 - 38.2 4036.3 03:13P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4083.0 4085.7 4011.1 4023.9 - 53.1 4038.7 03:13P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4089.9 4089.9 4025.0 4036.6 - 54.3 4052.7 03:13P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 58.660 -1.176 57.296 03:13P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 58.410 58.410 56.790 57.190 -1.327 57.334 03:13P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 58.745 58.825 56.865 57.335 -1.377 57.529 03:13P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 82.00 82.43 77.78 79.12 -3.49 79.26 03:13P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 79.66 80.08 76.05 77.05 -3.20 77.17 03:13P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 77.59 78.00 74.52 75.26 -2.91 75.33 03:13P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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