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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Clear Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Mostly Cloudy Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 59/79 58/79 52/67 44/67 49/71
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Like
L/H (°F)		 59/79 58/79 52/67 41/67 46/71
Dew Point
(°F)		 59 58 50 41 47
Humidity
(%)		 65 62 66 52 55
Wind
Speed
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 61oF Feels Like: 61oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 61oF
Barom: 29.93 Wind Dir: WSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 6:15 Sunset: 7:54
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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Local Forecast
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Wednesday
Thursday
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High: 79°F
Low: 59°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 79°F
Low: 58°F
Precip: 48%		 High: 67°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 453'4 457'0 452'6 456'4 2'6 453'6 05:57A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 461'6 465'4 461'0 464'6 2'6 462'0 05:57A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 465'4 469'2 465'0 468'4 2'6 465'6 05:57A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 481'2 485'0 480'4 484'0 2'2 481'6 05:57A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 494'6 498'4 494'4 498'0 2'2 495'6 05:57A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 502'6 506'0 502'2 505'2 1'6 503'4 05:57A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 506'0 509'4 506'0 508'6 2'0 506'6 05:57A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 487'6 489'6 487'6 489'0 1'6 487'2 05:56A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 491'0 493'4 490'2 492'6 1'2 491'4 05:56A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1175'0 1184'6 1172'6 1182'0 7'4 1174'4 05:57A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1191'4 1201'2 1189'0 1198'0 7'6 1190'2 05:57A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1184'2 1193'2 1182'6 1191'0 7'0 1184'0 05:57A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1163'6 1170'2 1160'6 1168'2 6'0 1162'2 05:57A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1167'0 1174'0 1165'2 1172'0 5'4 1166'4 05:57A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1180'0 1186'4 1178'2 1185'0 5'4 1179'4 05:57A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1177'6 1184'2 1176'2 1183'0 5'2 1177'6 05:57A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1181'0 1187'0 1180'0 1186'0 4'6 1181'2 05:57A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1186'2 1193'0 1185'4 1191'2 4'0 1187'2 05:57A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3253 3282 3244 3278 25 3253 05:57A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3210 3239 3204 3234 22 3212 05:57A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3155 3180 3150 3176 23 3153 05:58A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3110 3136 3110 3132 20 3112 05:57A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3090 3113 3090 3107 15 3092 05:57A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3120 3150 3120 3144 14 3130 05:57A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3142 3162 3142 3158 13 3145 05:57A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3139 3156 3139 3155 14 3141 05:57A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3141 3154 3141 3154 10 3144 05:57A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 94.900 95.700 94.600 95.350 1.175 95.400s 04/21 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 102.800 103.725 102.675 103.050 1.475 103.200s 04/21 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 105.000 105.725 104.775 105.200 1.225 105.225s 04/21 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.700 105.625 104.625 105.175 1.125 105.125s 04/21 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.225 90.475 89.700 90.100 0.775 90.075s 04/21 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.500 82.850 82.125 82.400 0.525 82.375s 04/21 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.525 85.850 85.100 85.350 0.250 85.300s 04/21 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.000 90.000 89.150 89.450 0.125 89.400s 04/21 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 249.000 250.225 246.650 247.525 - 2.175 247.425s 04/21 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 245.750 246.800 242.825 243.500 - 2.525 243.550s 04/21 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 241.725 242.700 238.700 239.725 - 1.900 239.700s 04/21 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 236.725 238.275 234.625 235.400 - 1.525 235.450s 04/21 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 236.350 237.900 234.475 235.000 - 1.550 235.075s 04/21 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.300 237.825 234.500 234.800 - 1.700 234.900s 04/21 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 235.750 237.000 233.825 234.050 - 1.725 234.150s 04/21 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.150 229.975 227.175 227.225 - 1.725 227.350s 04/21 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 368.875 369.975 364.750 366.325 - 2.300 366.575s 04/21 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 359.800 364.200 357.325 358.600 - 2.550 358.550s 04/21 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 360.350 364.650 358.000 359.025 - 2.400 358.950s 04/21 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 358.275 362.375 355.825 356.700 - 2.550 356.675s 04/21 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 356.800 360.025 353.750 354.350 - 2.500 354.300s 04/21 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 353.175 357.250 350.425 351.575 - 2.325 351.450s 04/21 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 347.175 350.700 343.975 344.975 - 2.250 345.000s 04/21 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 342.100 344.675 338.375 340.150 - 2.200 340.150s 04/21 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49500.00 49648.00 49492.00 49583.00 244.00 49339.00 05:57A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49812.00 49945.00 49806.00 49866.00 226.00 49640.00 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 7125.00 7147.50 7121.25 7139.50 39.50 7100.00 05:57A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7183.25 7201.25 7178.75 7193.50 38.50 7155.00 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 26729.50 26864.50 26727.75 26828.50 193.75 26634.75 05:57A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 27003.25 27101.75 27003.25 27070.50 192.25 26878.25 05:57A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 72.15 72.86 71.78 72.44 0.30 72.14 05:56A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 71.69 72.36 71.34 71.97 0.32 71.65 05:57A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 69.92 70.40 69.59 70.07 0.27 69.80 05:57A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.54 68.72 67.92 68.37 0.25 68.12 05:56A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.13 67.22 66.48 66.89 0.26 66.63 05:57A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 65.91 66.22 65.48 65.88 0.27 65.61 05:56A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.15 65.63 65.00 65.33 0.26 65.07 05:56A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.25 64.82 64.23 64.61 0.29 64.32 05:57A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 606'4 613'0 601'0 607'4 2'4 605'0 05:57A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 614'0 620'4 608'6 615'2 2'4 612'6 05:57A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 626'4 632'6 621'2 627'4 2'0 625'4 05:57A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 646'0 651'2 640'4 646'2 1'6 644'4 05:57A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 659'6 666'6 656'2 661'6 1'4 660'2 05:57A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 666'2 673'2 664'4 669'0 1'2 667'6 05:57A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 662'6 669'0 660'2 664'4 2'0 662'4 05:56A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 670'6 672'4 670'6 672'4 5'4 667'0 05:56A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 674'2 681'6 674'2 679'6 4'2 675'4 05:56A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 75550.0 78545.0 75415.0 78200.0 3140.0 75060.0 05:57A Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 75865.0 78920.0 75810.0 78620.0 3205.0 75415.0 05:57A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 77695.0 78195.0 77620.0 78195.0 2485.0 75710.0 05:57A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4754.2 4754.2 4754.2 4754.2 55.8 4698.4 05:57A Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4720.6 4774.2 4717.1 4759.2 56.5 4702.7 05:57A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4738.7 4790.8 4733.1 4776.9 57.3 4719.6 05:57A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 76.875 76.875 76.875 76.875 0.464 76.411 05:57A Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 76.840 78.630 76.615 78.045 1.557 76.488 05:57A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 77.065 78.920 77.065 78.000 1.229 76.771 05:57A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 90.00 91.41 87.64 90.06 0.39 89.67 05:57A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 86.03 87.43 84.28 86.23 0.24 85.99 05:57A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 82.80 83.88 81.28 82.88 0.25 82.63 05:57A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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