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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 57/81 60/83 55/71 53/77 56/79
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L/H (°F)		 57/81 60/86 55/71 53/77 56/79
Dew Point
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Humidity
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 75oF Feels Like: 75oF
Humid: 57% Dew Pt: 59oF
Barom: 30 Wind Dir: WSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 13 mph
Sunrise: 5:33 Sunset: 8:40
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 AM
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Strong Storms Moving to Northeast Friday
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Local Forecast
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High: 81°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 411'6 417'0 408'4 413'0 1'2 411'6 12:04P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 420'0 425'0 416'0 421'4 1'4 420'0 12:04P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 439'4 444'0 435'4 440'6 1'2 439'4 12:04P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 454'4 458'2 450'2 455'2 1'2 454'0 12:04P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 463'2 467'0 459'6 464'0 0'4 463'4 12:04P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 470'2 473'2 466'2 470'4 0'2 470'2 12:04P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 459'2 463'6 457'2 461'0 1'0 460'0 12:04P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 466'4 470'4 463'6 467'2 1'2 466'0 12:04P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 477'6 481'4 476'0 478'4 1'4 477'0 12:03P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1115'0 1119'6 1109'2 1113'6 -1'2 1115'0 12:04P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1120'4 1124'4 1114'2 1118'6 -1'6 1120'4 12:03P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1119'2 1123'0 1113'2 1117'4 -2'4 1120'0 12:04P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1134'0 1137'2 1127'6 1132'0 -2'0 1134'0 12:04P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1148'0 1151'4 1141'6 1146'6 -1'2 1148'0 12:04P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1155'4 1158'6 1149'2 1153'6 -1'6 1155'4 12:04P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1162'6 1166'2 1157'2 1161'2 -2'0 1163'2 12:04P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1170'0 1173'0 1166'6 1169'4 -1'0 1170'4 12:04P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1153'6 0'0 1158'0 12:03P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3022 3046 3011 3016 - 1 3017 12:04P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3027 3050 3017 3022 1 3021 12:04P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3024 3048 3018 3021 1 3020 12:04P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3016 3035 3006 3009 3009 12:04P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3050 3070 3038 3042 - 3 3045 12:04P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3067 3090 3056 3060 - 8 3068 12:04P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3103 3122 3090 3093 - 10 3103 12:04P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3141 3152 3124 3126 - 10 3136 12:04P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3183 3192 3166 3169 - 7 3176 12:04P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 92.500 92.700 92.300 92.550 -0.250 92.525 12:00P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 96.075 97.825 94.750 97.400 0.775 96.625 12:04P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 95.500 97.075 94.825 96.250 0.350 95.900 12:04P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 81.000 82.150 80.125 81.300 0.225 81.075 12:04P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.200 75.200 73.300 74.525 0.225 74.300 12:04P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 77.800 78.725 76.950 78.100 0.175 77.925 12:04P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.250 83.150 81.475 82.625 0.225 82.400 12:04P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.275 86.675 86.050 86.050 0.175 85.875 12:04P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 251.475 251.700 247.775 250.450 - 1.025 251.475 12:04P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 242.600 243.125 238.550 240.875 - 1.800 242.675 12:04P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 235.300 235.550 231.500 233.825 - 1.575 235.400 12:04P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 234.575 234.875 231.225 233.250 - 1.450 234.700 12:04P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 234.925 235.150 231.850 233.650 - 1.275 234.925 12:04P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 234.425 234.700 231.800 233.525 - 0.925 234.450 12:04P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 227.950 228.250 225.925 227.250 - 0.675 227.925 12:04P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 224.825 225.075 223.275 223.925 - 0.900 224.825 12:04P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 359.650 360.300 355.200 358.075 - 1.575 359.650 12:04P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 356.525 356.875 352.100 355.175 - 1.350 356.525 12:04P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 352.800 353.250 348.450 351.575 - 1.225 352.800 12:04P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 349.075 350.000 344.525 348.100 - 0.850 348.950 12:04P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 343.425 343.425 338.275 341.100 - 1.400 342.500 12:04P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 337.550 337.875 334.500 336.575 - 2.150 338.725 12:04P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 334.850 334.850 333.700 334.225 - 3.425 337.650 12:04P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 329.400 3.850 335.875s 12:04P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 50910.00 51443.00 50836.00 51246.00 371.00 50875.00 12:04P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 51294.00 51821.00 51212.00 51615.00 368.00 51247.00 12:04P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7397.50 7461.75 7366.50 7437.75 41.75 7396.00 12:04P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7459.25 7525.00 7429.00 7500.75 42.25 7458.50 12:04P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29456.75 29760.00 29230.00 29702.75 238.00 29464.75 12:04P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29739.00 30052.50 29515.75 29994.50 242.75 29751.75 12:04P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 74.23 74.72 72.45 74.33 -0.12 74.45 12:04P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.94 73.29 71.21 72.92 -0.28 73.20 12:04P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.90 72.01 70.06 71.60 -0.37 71.97 12:04P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.67 70.82 69.00 70.43 -0.43 70.86 12:04P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.83 70.10 68.31 69.67 -0.47 70.14 12:04P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.48 69.62 67.96 69.25 -0.47 69.72 12:04P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.10 69.22 67.66 68.87 -0.48 69.35 12:04P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.61 68.67 67.16 68.67 -0.18 68.85 12:04P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 585'6 594'2 579'6 586'4 -0'2 586'6 12:04P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 597'4 604'6 591'2 597'2 -1'0 598'2 12:04P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 614'2 621'0 607'6 613'6 -1'0 614'6 12:04P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 630'0 635'0 622'4 628'2 -1'0 629'2 12:04P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 641'0 643'2 632'2 638'2 -0'2 638'4 12:04P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 647'4 649'0 638'0 643'4 -1'4 645'0 12:04P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 659'4 660'0 650'0 657'0 0'6 656'2 12:03P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 673'6 676'2 666'4 673'0 -0'2 673'2 12:03P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 685'2 685'2 685'2 685'2 0'2 685'0 12:03P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 63530.0 64485.0 62835.0 64070.0 395.0 63675.0 12:04P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 63870.0 64785.0 63285.0 64390.0 390.0 64000.0 12:04P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 64155.0 65000.0 63660.0 64355.0 115.0 64240.0 12:04P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 4208.3 4225.3 4173.2 4207.9 117.6 4090.3 12:04P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4220.2 4248.2 4176.5 4224.4 126.4 4098.0 12:04P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4234.9 4267.8 4191.1 4240.7 126.7 4114.0 12:04P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 67.045 67.150 67.020 67.150 3.265 63.885 12:04P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 67.495 68.180 65.965 67.865 3.864 64.001 12:04P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 67.835 68.405 66.480 68.075 3.828 64.247 12:04P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 86.64 87.23 83.20 84.84 -2.87 87.71 12:04P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 85.00 85.61 81.68 83.31 -2.85 86.16 12:04P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 83.50 83.94 80.35 81.66 -2.88 84.54 12:04P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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Work on farms and ranches continue despite often extremely hot conditions. Producers operating in the heat and the sun should safeguard to prevent heat illnesses. Taking regular breaks, drinking water and using protective clothing and sunscreen are important to avoid negative health effects.

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