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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 42/58 35/73 51/76 24/50 20/59
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Humidity
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 52oF Feels Like: 52oF
Humid: 35% Dew Pt: 25oF
Barom: 30.23 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 7:02 Sunset: 7:23
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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A Bit Warmer Tuesday
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High: 58°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 460'0 465'6 459'0 462'2 3'0 462'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 470'2 475'6 469'4 472'2 2'0 472'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 472'0 478'0 471'6 474'6 2'4 475'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 486'0 492'0 485'4 488'2 2'4 489'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 496'2 501'6 495'4 498'0 2'4 499'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 502'4 507'4 502'0 504'2 2'2 504'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'2 510'0 504'2 507'2 2'6 507'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'6 486'0 483'0 484'6 0'6 484'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'0 489'4 486'6 488'0 0'0 487'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1164'2 1166'6 1153'6 1154'0 -8'4 1155'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1179'2 1182'4 1170'2 1170'4 -7'4 1171'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1174'4 1176'6 1166'0 1166'0 -6'2 1166'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1148'2 1150'6 1140'6 1143'2 -3'4 1143'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1146'4 1150'4 1140'6 1143'0 -2'6 1143'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1158'0 1161'4 1152'0 1154'2 -2'6 1154'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1152'2 1157'2 1147'2 1149'2 -3'4 1149'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1155'4 1158'2 1149'0 1150'4 -4'2 1150'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1158'4 1163'2 1153'2 1155'2 -4'2 1154'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3267 3275 3214 3224 - 42 3224s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3240 3241 3191 3200 - 33 3199s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3199 3205 3160 3169 - 30 3166s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3158 3170 3125 3134 - 30 3130s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3130 3139 3094 3102 - 31 3099s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3162 3170 3125 3134 - 31 3131s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3158 3166 3127 3134 - 33 3132s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3143 3148 3107 3116 - 33 3115s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3138 3141 3100 3109 - 31 3109s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.900 91.175 90.650 91.150 0.250 91.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 95.650 95.650 95.000 95.425 -0.175 95.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.450 104.600 103.550 104.025 - 0.350 104.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.475 106.675 105.625 105.975 - 0.525 106.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 106.150 106.175 105.325 105.650 - 0.375 105.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.250 90.400 89.800 90.300 0.075 90.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.000 83.000 82.325 82.775 0.100 82.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.500 85.650 85.100 85.475 0.125 85.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 235.350 236.300 234.300 235.200 0.075 235.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 234.625 235.750 233.225 234.450 - 0.050 234.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 231.825 233.000 230.700 232.000 0.350 232.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 229.175 230.600 228.300 229.700 0.650 229.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 229.250 230.675 228.525 229.775 0.575 229.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.525 230.850 228.825 229.975 0.500 230.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 229.000 230.350 228.425 229.325 0.475 229.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 222.050 223.050 221.750 222.575 0.475 222.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 359.275 361.825 358.900 360.300 1.850 360.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 352.350 356.850 350.700 354.625 1.975 354.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 348.350 353.100 346.550 350.750 2.350 350.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 348.500 352.525 346.450 350.300 1.950 350.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 347.000 351.000 345.325 348.900 1.825 348.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 344.725 349.300 343.600 347.475 1.800 347.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 342.800 347.250 341.750 345.400 1.750 345.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 336.600 341.675 336.600 339.800 1.800 339.875s 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 46524.00 46712.00 46046.00 46579.00 57.00 46522.00 01:52P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 46679.00 46974.00 46371.00 46853.00 52.00 46801.00 01:52P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6635.00 6653.50 6573.50 6627.50 - 7.25 6634.75 01:52P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6678.00 6703.50 6625.75 6678.50 - 7.25 6685.75 01:53P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 24417.25 24507.25 24134.00 24288.75 - 119.50 24408.25 01:52P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24623.50 24719.25 24363.00 24510.00 - 117.75 24627.75 01:52P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 65.90 66.24 64.86 65.64 0.15 65.73s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.80 66.17 64.71 65.58 0.31 65.67s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 65.01 65.43 63.99 64.88 0.40 64.97s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 64.17 64.61 63.20 64.05 0.44 64.18s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.12 63.77 62.34 63.21 0.45 63.32s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.67 63.34 61.92 62.72 0.43 62.87s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.31 62.96 61.65 62.41 0.40 62.55s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.73 62.36 61.05 61.72 0.39 61.91s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 591'0 596'0 582'4 591'6 2'2 590'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 602'6 607'6 594'6 603'4 2'0 602'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 617'4 621'4 608'6 617'2 2'2 616'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 634'0 639'2 627'0 635'0 2'2 633'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 649'2 652'6 640'6 649'0 2'2 647'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 651'6 657'4 647'2 654'0 2'2 653'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 641'4 644'2 641'4 644'2 2'6 643'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 641'4 641'4 641'4 641'4 2'6 647'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 652'4 2'4 658'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 70980.0 71490.0 68915.0 69515.0 -1220.0 70735.0 01:52P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 70880.0 71725.0 69170.0 69760.0 -1235.0 70995.0 01:52P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 70945.0 71910.0 69670.0 69745.0 -1580.0 71325.0 01:52P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4338.7 4398.4 4325.2 4398.4 - 4.8 4399.3 01:52P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4414.8 4450.5 4306.3 4402.3 - 5.0 4402.0 01:52P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4434.0 4458.6 4330.0 4417.5 - 6.1 4418.0 01:52P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 69.090 70.180 68.550 70.180 0.225 69.274 01:52P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 69.655 70.190 65.910 69.375 0.266 69.319 01:52P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 69.370 70.740 66.115 69.735 0.380 69.569 01:52P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 88.78 93.36 88.50 91.98 3.85 92.35 01:52P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 86.20 90.53 85.84 89.42 4.05 89.75 01:52P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 83.51 87.35 83.03 86.54 4.05 86.78 01:52P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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