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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 47/60 39/57 39/63 46/70 45/75
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L/H (°F)		 44/60 35/57 36/63 43/70 42/75
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Humidity
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Spring Wheat Planting Slowed by Cold Soil and Wet Fields
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 48oF Feels Like: 45oF
Humid: 58% Dew Pt: 34oF
Barom: 29.82 Wind Dir: ENE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 5:58 Sunset: 8:08
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
Strong Front Pushes Farther South, Snow Forming in Central High Plains Tuesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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High: 60°F
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Precip: 64%		 High: 57°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 473'6 475'0 473'4 475'0 1'2 473'6 05:57A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 485'0 487'4 483'4 484'0 -1'6 485'6 05:56A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 489'4 492'0 488'2 488'6 -1'6 490'4 05:57A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 503'4 505'6 502'2 503'0 -1'4 504'4 05:56A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 515'6 518'2 514'6 515'4 -1'6 517'2 05:57A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 523'0 525'0 522'2 522'4 -1'4 524'0 05:57A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 527'2 528'6 525'4 525'6 -2'2 528'0 05:57A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 506'0 507'2 505'6 506'4 -0'4 507'0 05:57A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 508'6 510'2 507'6 508'2 -2'2 510'4 05:57A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1215'2 1215'2 1204'2 1204'2 -3'2 1207'4 05:55A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1222'0 1226'0 1217'0 1218'0 -4'6 1222'6 05:56A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1212'0 1218'6 1210'2 1211'2 -4'6 1216'0 05:57A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1189'2 1194'4 1187'4 1188'4 -4'0 1192'4 05:57A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1195'0 1198'6 1192'2 1192'6 -4'0 1196'6 05:56A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1206'0 1209'6 1203'6 1204'2 -4'0 1208'2 05:57A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1199'4 1205'0 1199'2 1200'2 -3'2 1203'4 05:57A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1202'0 1205'0 1200'2 1201'4 -3'4 1205'0 05:57A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1204'4 1211'0 1204'4 1207'6 -1'6 1209'4 05:57A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3196 3201 3196 3201 - 6 3207 05:57A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3209 3220 3196 3198 - 11 3209 05:57A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3170 3179 3157 3158 - 12 3170 05:57A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3133 3146 3127 3130 - 11 3141 05:57A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3109 3120 3103 3107 - 10 3117 05:57A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3140 3153 3136 3142 - 9 3151 05:57A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3143 3156 3140 3146 - 9 3155 05:57A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3130 3140 3126 3131 - 10 3141 05:57A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3129 3136 3119 3121 - 15 3136 05:57A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 92.600 93.000 91.550 91.700 -1.200 91.625s 05/04 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.375 101.950 99.675 99.850 - 1.525 99.750s 05/04 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.425 104.075 101.725 101.950 - 1.550 101.825s 05/04 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 103.875 104.575 102.250 102.475 - 1.450 102.400s 05/04 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 89.800 89.875 88.100 88.650 -0.800 88.450s 05/04 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.325 82.350 80.825 81.400 -0.450 81.275s 05/04 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.075 85.450 83.950 84.625 -0.450 84.475s 05/04 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.400 89.400 87.950 88.650 -0.500 88.500s 05/04 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 252.975 253.325 249.400 251.950 - 1.250 251.750s 05/04 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 247.800 248.275 243.950 246.375 - 1.650 246.175s 05/04 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 242.375 242.625 238.475 240.525 - 2.000 240.450s 05/04 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 241.650 241.925 238.050 239.950 - 1.975 239.875s 05/04 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 241.850 241.850 238.200 240.025 - 1.850 240.000s 05/04 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 240.875 241.175 237.800 239.600 - 1.900 239.450s 05/04 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 234.725 234.725 231.575 233.250 - 1.875 233.050s 05/04 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 231.550 231.550 229.475 229.475 - 1.925 230.050s 05/04 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 371.400 371.800 364.500 367.000 - 4.800 366.600s 05/04 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 372.000 372.525 364.000 366.975 - 5.575 366.600s 05/04 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 370.325 370.850 362.350 365.250 - 5.900 364.800s 05/04 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 368.025 368.600 360.225 363.000 - 6.025 362.575s 05/04 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 365.350 365.550 357.400 359.925 - 6.025 359.800s 05/04 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 359.225 359.375 351.575 354.175 - 5.900 354.000s 05/04 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 353.300 353.675 347.125 349.625 - 5.850 349.325s 05/04 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 351.200 351.200 350.825 350.825 - 5.325 347.650s 05/04 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49088.00 49266.00 49060.00 49208.00 129.00 49079.00 05:57A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49376.00 49562.00 49369.00 49499.00 120.00 49379.00 05:57A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7228.75 7261.75 7223.75 7255.50 25.25 7230.25 05:57A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7289.50 7317.00 7280.00 7312.25 26.50 7285.75 05:57A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 27760.00 27959.00 27731.75 27936.75 160.75 27776.00 05:57A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 28020.00 28204.25 27998.25 28204.25 177.75 28026.50 05:57A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 78.15 78.15 78.15 78.15 0.13 78.02 05:57A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 76.59 76.94 76.23 76.77 0.24 76.53 05:57A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 74.87 75.25 74.60 75.11 0.24 74.87 05:57A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 73.21 73.70 73.14 73.59 0.22 73.37 05:57A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 72.11 72.38 71.85 72.24 0.19 72.05 05:57A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 71.16 71.47 70.97 71.29 0.13 71.16 05:57A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.46 70.84 70.40 70.68 0.10 70.58 05:57A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.65 70.00 69.62 69.88 0.05 69.83 05:57A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 633'4 633'4 633'0 633'0 3'4 629'4 05:57A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 641'2 650'2 636'4 637'4 -3'4 641'0 05:57A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 656'4 665'2 651'6 652'6 -3'6 656'4 05:57A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 678'4 685'6 672'6 673'4 -4'0 677'4 05:57A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 696'6 702'6 690'2 691'0 -4'2 695'2 05:57A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 701'2 708'6 698'0 698'0 -5'0 703'0 05:57A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 700'0 705'4 695'4 695'4 -5'4 701'0 05:57A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 709'4 710'0 703'6 703'6 -4'6 708'4 05:57A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 723'0 725'0 717'0 717'0 -5'4 722'4 05:56A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 80550.0 81725.0 80040.0 81140.0 750.0 80390.0 05:57A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 80420.0 82025.0 80420.0 81560.0 840.0 80720.0 05:57A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 81180.0 81825.0 81180.0 81825.0 715.0 81110.0 05:57A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4547.6 4547.6 4547.6 4547.6 28.1 4519.5 05:57A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4534.0 4570.5 4522.7 4553.9 20.6 4533.3 05:57A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4549.0 4582.5 4541.1 4581.4 31.6 4549.8 05:57A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 72.670 73.525 72.670 73.525 0.453 73.072 05:57A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 72.900 73.965 72.630 73.785 0.518 73.267 05:57A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 73.170 74.255 72.805 73.885 0.363 73.522 05:57A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 104.93 105.48 103.08 104.20 - 2.22 106.42 05:57A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 100.52 100.92 98.86 100.00 - 1.51 101.51 05:57A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 96.07 96.07 94.44 95.38 -1.14 96.52 05:57A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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