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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 75oF Feels Like: 74oF
Humid: 36% Dew Pt: 46oF
Barom: 29.87 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 16 mph
Sunrise: 7:09 Sunset: 7:18
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Warmth Continues to Build Friday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 469'0 469'2 464'0 466'2 -4'2 465'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 479'2 479'4 474'4 476'4 -4'0 476'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 481'0 481'6 476'4 478'4 -4'0 478'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 493'4 494'0 489'4 491'4 -3'6 490'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 503'0 503'2 499'2 500'6 -3'6 500'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 509'0 509'0 505'0 506'4 -3'4 506'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 512'0 512'0 507'6 509'0 -3'4 508'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 485'6 487'0 484'4 485'2 -1'0 486'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'0 490'2 487'0 489'6 -0'2 489'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1166'0 1176'0 1159'4 1160'4 -7'2 1161'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1181'0 1190'6 1175'0 1175'6 -6'6 1176'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1175'0 1184'2 1168'4 1170'2 -6'4 1170'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1148'0 1155'2 1141'0 1142'4 -5'0 1142'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1144'6 1152'6 1138'4 1141'0 -5'2 1141'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1154'6 1163'0 1148'6 1152'0 -5'2 1151'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1151'2 1158'4 1143'6 1147'6 -5'4 1147'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1154'4 1160'4 1146'6 1149'2 -6'0 1149'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1158'4 1163'6 1151'4 1154'0 -6'4 1154'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3317 3351 3241 3280 - 45 3280s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3279 3301 3215 3240 - 40 3244s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3247 3267 3188 3209 - 36 3213s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3217 3234 3163 3177 - 38 3180s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3190 3205 3139 3148 - 40 3150s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3216 3229 3167 3180 - 34 3181s 01:23P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3217 3220 3167 3179 - 30 3180s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3193 3196 3147 3159 - 30 3159s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3178 3183 3140 3151 - 30 3150s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 92.450 92.450 91.075 91.350 -0.775 91.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.250 96.550 95.575 95.825 - 0.325 95.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 105.100 105.425 104.300 104.525 - 0.275 104.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 107.400 107.775 106.550 106.725 - 0.375 106.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 107.100 107.400 106.150 106.350 - 0.350 106.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.750 91.300 90.300 90.450 -0.325 90.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.900 83.450 82.650 82.750 -0.300 82.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.850 85.850 85.375 85.425 -0.350 85.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 233.250 234.975 232.500 233.950 0.775 234.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 231.700 234.400 231.350 233.300 1.725 233.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 229.325 231.775 228.775 230.800 1.725 230.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.225 229.275 226.575 228.275 1.350 228.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 227.450 229.500 226.875 228.525 1.275 228.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 228.225 229.725 227.200 228.925 1.250 228.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.150 229.225 226.600 228.275 1.250 228.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 220.250 222.300 219.700 221.650 1.100 221.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 356.200 359.475 356.125 357.750 2.475 357.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 348.000 352.700 347.725 351.400 3.425 351.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 343.925 347.850 343.100 346.675 2.950 346.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 343.750 347.200 342.600 346.475 2.750 346.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 342.625 345.900 341.375 345.150 2.525 344.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 342.150 344.425 339.925 343.650 2.375 343.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 339.975 342.625 338.025 341.650 2.350 341.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 335.000 336.475 331.850 336.025 2.300 335.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 46108.00 46212.00 45713.00 45880.00 - 144.43 45896.57 09:41A Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 46414.00 46545.00 45807.00 45820.00 - 521.00 46341.00 01:45P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6622.75 6635.00 6558.00 6593.50 - 14.62 6594.63 09:23A Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6675.50 6685.50 6556.00 6557.50 -102.50 6660.00 01:45P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24417.25 24444.00 24108.75 24284.25 - 72.22 24291.78 08:32A Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 24632.75 24660.50 24089.25 24096.00 - 484.00 24580.00 01:45P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 65.25 66.50 65.02 65.53 0.10 65.51s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.02 66.25 64.78 65.30 0.07 65.30s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 64.00 65.32 63.85 64.38 0.08 64.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 63.44 64.46 63.04 63.57 0.04 63.58s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 62.47 63.54 62.22 62.70 0.01 62.70s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 61.96 63.15 61.80 62.30 62.27s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 61.63 62.77 61.58 61.97 0.02 61.96s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.09 62.03 60.95 61.33 0.01 61.31s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 608'0 609'2 594'6 595'6 -12'6 595'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 619'4 621'0 606'4 607'4 -12'2 607'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 632'2 635'0 620'2 621'4 -12'0 620'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 649'2 650'6 637'2 638'4 -12'2 637'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 662'2 663'2 650'2 651'6 -12'2 651'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 665'0 666'2 657'6 659'4 -12'4 656'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 654'2 655'4 645'4 645'4 -13'4 645'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 656'2 656'2 654'6 654'6 -13'4 649'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 663'6 663'6 663'6 663'6 -13'2 658'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 70430.0 71480.0 69440.0 69750.0 - 610.0 70360.0 01:46P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 70715.0 71750.0 69710.0 70010.0 - 605.0 70615.0 01:46P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 71315.0 71315.0 70170.0 70170.0 - 775.0 70945.0 01:46P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4686.9 4686.9 4576.3 4576.3 - 30.3 4570.4 01:46P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4653.9 4738.2 4526.0 4529.2 - 76.5 4574.9 01:46P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4676.0 4751.5 4547.3 4547.3 - 75.6 4592.0 01:46P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 71.920 71.925 69.525 69.525 -1.542 69.360 01:46P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 72.750 74.300 68.415 68.455 -2.519 69.420 01:46P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 72.830 74.620 68.500 68.650 -2.565 69.664 01:46P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 95.00 99.67 93.42 98.81 2.18 98.32 01:30P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 94.46 98.75 92.47 98.64 3.09 98.23 01:45P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 91.86 95.38 89.68 95.31 2.35 94.74 01:45P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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