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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Snow Snow
Weather Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Snow Snow
Temp
L/H (°F)		 39/64 45/64 35/59 24/39 19/37
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 55/64 43/64 27/59 15/30 9/28
Dew Point
(°F)		 45 34 35 23 13
Humidity
(%)		 58 26 66 57 50
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 20 16 10 16 13
Precip
 (%)		 38 28 76 75 38
Precip
Amt (in.)
 Rain
0.02		 Rain
0.01		 Rain
0.18		 S: 1/4-1
L: 0.06		 S: 1-2
L: 0.14
Evap
(in./day)		 0.15 0.23 0.09 0.07 0.07
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 59oF Feels Like: 59oF
Humid: 55% Dew Pt: 43oF
Barom: 29.6 Wind Dir: SE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 17 mph
Sunrise: 6:58 Sunset: 5:43
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
First Phase of Storm Building Heavy Snow for the North Into Wednesday
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Local Forecast
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Tuesday
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High: 64°F
Low: 39°F
Precip: 38%		 High: 64°F
Low: 45°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 431'0 431'2 426'0 426'4 -5'4 426'2s 02:55P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 441'0 441'2 435'2 436'0 -6'2 435'6s 02:35P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 449'0 449'0 443'4 444'2 -5'6 444'2s 02:52P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 449'2 449'2 444'0 444'6 -5'4 445'0s 01:22P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 463'2 463'4 459'0 459'6 -4'4 460'0s 02:39P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 474'6 475'0 471'2 471'6 -4'0 472'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 479'4 479'6 477'4 478'4 -3'4 478'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 482'6 482'6 480'6 480'6 -3'4 481'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 467'0 467'0 465'6 466'0 -2'4 466'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1132'2 1139'2 1125'6 1134'6 1'0 1134'0s 02:59P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1147'4 1153'6 1141'0 1150'0 0'2 1148'6s 02:59P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1159'0 1166'2 1153'2 1162'6 1'2 1161'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1145'4 1154'6 1142'4 1152'6 3'4 1152'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1114'0 1121'2 1111'0 1120'4 3'6 1120'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1112'0 1118'2 1108'2 1117'4 4'0 1117'4s 02:54P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1123'6 1127'6 1118'2 1127'6 4'0 1127'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1120'0 1127'6 1117'6 1127'4 5'0 1127'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1125'4 1131'6 1122'2 1131'0 5'0 1131'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3080 3086 3047 3055 - 34 3058s 01:30P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3126 3127 3093 3105 - 27 3108s 02:55P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3164 3167 3142 3155 - 18 3157s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3171 3172 3148 3162 - 11 3166s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3155 3168 3143 3160 - 4 3164s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3153 3159 3130 3151 - 1 3153s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3169 3187 3155 3180 2 3182s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3175 3199 3166 3192 4 3194s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3183 3203 3182 3198 5 3203s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 91.500 93.000 91.500 92.225 1.025 92.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.100 97.125 96.100 96.225 1.025 96.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.825 106.600 104.800 105.800 1.300 105.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.625 108.425 106.600 107.700 1.475 107.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.400 107.475 105.400 106.700 1.525 106.800s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.800 90.250 88.700 89.025 1.100 89.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 80.000 81.400 79.700 79.850 0.625 80.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.400 83.800 82.250 82.350 0.575 82.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 245.700 247.000 245.325 246.200 3.475 246.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 242.750 244.000 242.100 242.625 2.175 242.800s 02:31P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 237.750 239.225 237.650 238.250 2.300 238.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 235.050 236.425 235.025 235.725 2.150 235.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 234.025 235.575 234.025 234.950 1.950 235.075s 02:34P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 234.825 235.950 234.575 235.350 1.875 235.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 234.625 235.825 234.350 235.350 1.900 235.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 233.375 234.575 233.225 234.175 1.825 234.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 369.200 372.250 368.925 371.025 4.825 370.975s 02:30P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 366.025 369.450 366.025 367.775 4.375 367.825s 02:31P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 361.900 365.075 361.700 363.775 4.375 363.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 361.650 364.850 361.525 363.675 4.175 363.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 359.825 362.500 359.575 361.625 3.800 361.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 357.250 359.500 357.125 358.925 3.475 358.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 354.050 355.600 354.050 355.300 3.550 355.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 347.000 348.850 347.000 348.600 3.425 348.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 49549.00 49820.00 49240.00 49618.00 49.00 49569.00 03:00P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49836.00 50136.00 49576.00 49955.00 59.00 49896.00 03:00P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6852.50 6885.50 6791.00 6862.75 12.25 6850.50 03:00P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6906.50 6936.00 6843.00 6917.00 14.25 6902.75 03:00P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24789.75 24922.25 24449.25 24777.75 - 25.50 24803.25 03:00P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25029.25 25115.00 24666.25 24989.75 - 30.50 25020.25 02:59P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 57.09 57.68 56.72 57.35 0.21 57.29s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 57.50 58.09 57.14 57.82 0.29 57.76s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 57.63 58.20 57.31 58.01 0.40 57.96s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 548'2 548'4 535'0 539'0 -11'0 537'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 548'0 548'0 538'6 543'2 -6'0 542'4s 02:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 556'4 556'4 548'0 552'0 -5'6 551'2s 02:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 568'4 569'0 560'6 563'2 -5'4 563'2s 02:59P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 586'0 586'0 578'6 582'0 -4'6 581'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 595'2 598'4 594'6 597'4 -3'6 597'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 607'6 -3'4 605'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 605'0 605'0 600'4 605'0 -2'6 604'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 622'4 -2'4 610'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 69120.0 70170.0 66635.0 67805.0 -1030.0 67865.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 69170.0 70395.0 66920.0 68030.0 - 985.0 68100.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 68475.0 68475.0 68475.0 68475.0 -1000.0 68330.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 5020.0 5020.0 4847.8 4863.2 -139.1 4882.9 02:59P Chart for QGC6G Options for QGC6G
Mar 26 5040.8 5040.8 4840.0 4879.6 -149.4 4889.0 02:59P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5050.0 5074.4 4854.2 4896.6 -149.7 4905.9 02:59P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 75.350 75.350 72.000 72.000 -4.404 73.447 02:59P Chart for QSI6G Options for QSI6G
Mar 26 77.550 78.420 71.815 73.250 -4.714 73.540 02:59P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 77.310 77.660 72.345 73.830 -4.412 73.799 02:59P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 63.30 64.14 61.87 62.26 -0.63 62.33 02:59P Chart for QCL6H Options for QCL6H
Apr 26 63.04 63.96 61.76 62.17 -0.58 62.26 02:59P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 62.90 63.75 61.62 62.04 -0.54 62.13 02:59P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
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