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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 45oF Feels Like: 41oF
Humid: 61% Dew Pt: 32oF
Barom: 30.19 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 5:51 Sunset: 8:14
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
Scattered Showers, One Last Burst of Cold This Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 457'2 0'0 456'2 05:08A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 471'0 476'0 470'6 475'0 3'6 471'2 05:09A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 477'4 482'4 477'4 481'6 4'0 477'6 05:10A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 493'2 498'2 493'0 497'6 4'2 493'4 05:10A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 506'6 511'4 506'6 510'6 3'6 507'0 05:10A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 514'4 518'6 514'2 517'0 2'6 514'2 05:10A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 517'2 522'0 517'2 521'2 3'2 518'0 05:10A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 502'2 502'4 502'0 502'4 1'6 500'6 05:09A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 505'0 508'4 504'6 507'0 1'4 505'4 05:08A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1197'0 1197'0 1197'0 1197'0 2'6 1194'2 05:09A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1208'0 1220'6 1207'0 1219'6 11'6 1208'0 05:09A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1200'6 1215'2 1200'6 1214'2 11'4 1202'6 05:10A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1185'4 1196'6 1183'6 1195'6 11'0 1184'6 05:10A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1188'4 1200'4 1187'2 1199'4 10'0 1189'4 05:10A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1200'2 1212'2 1199'4 1211'4 10'0 1201'4 05:09A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1195'6 1208'0 1195'6 1207'2 10'0 1197'2 05:10A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1196'4 1209'4 1196'4 1208'2 9'4 1198'6 05:10A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1207'0 1215'0 1204'6 1215'0 10'4 1204'4 05:09A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3227 3225 05:10A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3190 3237 3185 3236 39 3197 05:10A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3153 3194 3148 3194 34 3160 05:10A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3126 3163 3120 3163 29 3134 05:09A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3103 3140 3100 3140 25 3115 05:10A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3140 3177 3136 3176 24 3152 05:10A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3148 3185 3148 3184 22 3162 05:10A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3146 3175 3141 3175 18 3157 05:10A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3156 3168 3156 3168 6 3162 05:10A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 91.200 91.400 90.775 90.925 -0.625 90.875s 05/08 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 99.150 99.950 98.600 98.825 -0.750 98.625s 05/10 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 102.900 103.950 102.650 103.225 0.250 103.200s 05/10 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.075 105.000 103.950 104.475 0.325 104.425s 05/10 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.000 90.750 89.525 90.350 0.650 90.425s 05/10 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.700 83.275 81.800 82.775 0.425 82.925s 05/10 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.500 86.050 84.750 85.500 0.300 85.675s 05/10 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.225 89.875 88.775 89.600 0.250 89.600s 05/10 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 251.600 253.725 248.700 249.175 - 1.150 248.900s 05/10 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 247.275 249.300 243.950 243.975 - 1.800 244.100s 05/10 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 241.050 242.925 237.725 238.050 - 1.675 238.300s 05/10 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 239.975 242.000 236.800 237.250 - 1.675 237.525s 05/10 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 240.925 241.625 236.750 237.075 - 1.525 237.450s 05/10 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.500 241.000 236.175 236.400 - 1.450 236.825s 05/10 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 234.450 234.450 230.050 230.550 - 1.250 230.575s 05/10 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 230.375 230.375 227.425 227.750 - 0.850 227.750s 05/08 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 368.325 370.250 365.025 367.075 1.050 367.375s 05/10 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 368.500 370.400 361.600 364.150 - 1.950 364.225s 05/10 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 367.225 369.000 359.850 362.175 - 2.425 362.225s 05/10 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 365.525 366.475 357.600 359.600 - 2.525 359.800s 05/08 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.475 363.700 354.750 356.575 - 2.650 356.725s 05/10 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 357.100 357.700 349.125 350.450 - 2.650 350.650s 05/08 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 349.350 349.950 344.475 346.000 - 2.625 346.200s 05/08 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 343.400 345.150 343.225 345.150 - 2.750 344.525s 05/08 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49640.00 49709.00 49468.00 49672.00 - 19.00 49691.00 05:10A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49850.00 50012.00 49798.00 50008.00 15.00 49993.00 05:10A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7403.50 7420.75 7390.50 7415.25 - 3.75 7419.00 05:10A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7461.50 7477.50 7450.00 7473.00 - 3.75 7476.75 05:10A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29294.00 29399.75 29225.75 29318.50 - 14.00 29332.50 05:10A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29550.25 29662.75 29499.75 29619.75 25.00 29594.75 05:10A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76.32 76.32 76.32 76.32 1.06 75.26 05:10A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 75.00 75.13 74.55 74.76 0.44 74.32 05:10A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 73.40 73.61 73.06 73.22 0.44 72.78 05:10A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.97 72.32 71.77 72.03 0.53 71.50 05:10A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.86 71.18 70.62 70.91 0.55 70.36 05:10A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.00 70.34 69.80 69.98 0.41 69.57 05:10A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.25 69.74 69.25 69.53 0.51 69.02 05:10A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.57 68.93 68.50 68.80 0.55 68.25 05:11A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 606'4 0'0 607'4 05:10A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 622'0 625'6 620'0 624'2 5'2 619'0 05:10A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 636'6 640'6 635'0 639'0 5'0 634'0 05:10A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 657'4 661'4 656'0 660'2 5'2 655'0 05:10A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 675'0 678'6 674'0 678'2 5'6 672'4 05:10A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 684'0 686'6 682'4 686'6 5'2 681'4 05:10A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 682'4 686'6 682'4 685'0 3'2 681'6 05:10A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 691'2 693'6 691'0 693'6 3'2 690'4 05:10A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 707'0 707'4 707'0 707'4 1'6 705'6 05:10A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 80895.0 82725.0 80640.0 81110.0 725.0 80385.0 05:10A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 81340.0 83010.0 80995.0 81445.0 725.0 80720.0 05:10A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 82095.0 83285.0 82055.0 83285.0 2180.0 81105.0 05:10A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4724.8 4720.4 Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4690.0 4714.1 4655.1 4669.3 - 61.4 4730.7 05:10A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4705.0 4723.4 4677.9 4694.9 - 52.7 4747.6 05:10A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 80.800 80.395 Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 79.570 81.810 79.470 80.530 -0.051 80.581 05:10A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 80.150 82.205 79.530 80.785 -0.080 80.865 05:10A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 98.19 100.37 96.92 97.55 2.13 95.42 05:10A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 94.53 96.31 93.48 93.90 2.11 91.79 05:10A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 90.23 92.04 88.77 89.99 1.84 88.15 05:10A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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