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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Mostly Cloudy Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Rain
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 52/80 58/78 57/79 54/68 45/67
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L/H (°F)		 52/80 58/78 57/79 54/68 41/67
Dew Point
(°F)		 51 58 57 50 43
Humidity
(%)		 56 65 61 61 54
Wind
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 54oF Feels Like: 54oF
Humid: 72% Dew Pt: 45oF
Barom: 29.94 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 13 mph
Sunrise: 6:17 Sunset: 7:53
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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System Moves Through the West Tuesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 80°F
Low: 52°F
Precip: 33%		 High: 78°F
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Precip: 49%		 High: 68°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 452'0 452'4 450'6 451'6 -0'2 452'0 05:59A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 460'2 460'4 458'6 459'2 -1'0 460'2 05:59A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 463'4 463'6 462'2 462'6 -1'0 463'6 05:59A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 479'0 479'6 478'0 478'4 -1'0 479'4 05:59A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 492'2 493'4 492'2 492'4 -1'0 493'4 05:59A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 500'2 501'0 499'6 500'4 -0'6 501'2 05:59A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'0 504'6 503'6 504'2 -0'6 505'0 05:59A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 485'0 0'0 485'4 05:55A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'0 489'4 488'6 489'4 -0'4 490'0 05:59A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1165'4 1173'4 1165'0 1171'4 5'6 1165'6 05:59A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1181'0 1189'4 1180'6 1186'6 5'0 1181'6 05:59A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1174'6 1182'4 1174'4 1180'4 4'6 1175'6 05:59A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1151'2 1158'4 1151'2 1156'6 4'0 1152'6 05:59A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1155'4 1163'2 1155'4 1161'4 3'6 1157'6 05:59A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1169'2 1176'4 1169'2 1174'4 3'4 1171'0 05:59A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1167'2 1175'0 1167'2 1173'2 3'4 1169'6 05:59A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1173'0 1178'2 1172'0 1177'4 4'2 1173'2 05:59A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1178'6 1184'2 1177'2 1182'6 3'2 1179'4 05:59A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3251 3265 3240 3256 5 3251 05:59A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3212 3222 3205 3218 6 3212 05:59A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3170 3176 3160 3172 5 3167 06:00A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3141 3141 3127 3137 4 3133 05:59A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3121 3121 3111 3116 3 3113 05:59A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3150 3160 3148 3153 3 3150 05:59A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3166 3173 3163 3168 5 3163 05:59A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3165 3165 3156 3165 9 3156 05:59A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3165 3168 3159 3166 10 3156 05:59A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 93.650 94.375 93.450 94.325 0.825 94.225s 04/20 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.450 101.875 101.100 101.775 0.675 101.725s 04/20 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.975 104.200 103.575 104.000 0.325 104.000s 04/20 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.100 104.300 103.725 104.025 0.100 104.000s 04/20 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 89.575 89.825 89.175 89.375 -0.175 89.300s 04/20 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.200 82.275 81.700 81.950 -0.275 81.850s 04/20 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.550 85.550 84.950 85.150 -0.225 85.050s 04/20 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.300 89.375 89.175 89.325 -0.025 89.275s 04/20 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.450 251.750 249.025 249.675 - 0.350 249.600s 04/20 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 247.300 248.900 245.625 246.150 - 1.275 246.075s 04/20 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 243.050 244.500 241.300 241.800 - 1.225 241.600s 04/20 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.100 239.600 236.650 237.075 - 1.125 236.975s 04/20 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 238.000 238.900 236.275 236.700 - 0.800 236.625s 04/20 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.875 238.400 236.375 236.700 - 0.500 236.600s 04/20 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.500 237.400 235.500 236.025 - 0.325 235.875s 04/20 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.925 230.450 228.925 229.075 - 0.550 229.075s 04/20 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 371.075 372.800 368.025 369.000 - 2.450 368.875s 04/20 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 365.525 367.450 360.550 361.350 - 4.175 361.100s 04/20 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 366.000 367.875 360.800 361.750 - 4.325 361.350s 04/20 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 364.300 365.750 358.775 359.525 - 4.375 359.225s 04/20 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 362.050 363.050 356.375 357.200 - 4.250 356.800s 04/20 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 358.725 359.700 353.500 354.100 - 4.200 353.775s 04/20 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 351.950 353.200 347.000 347.475 - 4.050 347.250s 04/20 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 347.925 347.925 342.350 342.350 - 3.800 342.350s 04/20 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49673.00 49958.00 49658.00 49937.00 298.00 49639.00 05:59A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50015.00 50253.00 49975.00 50247.00 305.00 49942.00 05:59A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7150.75 7177.50 7150.00 7175.75 27.75 7148.00 05:59A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7207.00 7232.00 7207.00 7232.00 29.00 7203.00 05:59A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 26776.75 26882.50 26756.50 26873.00 124.25 26748.75 05:59A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 27050.00 27118.00 27040.00 27118.00 126.50 26991.50 05:59A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 69.63 70.28 69.42 70.08 0.45 69.63 05:59A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 69.24 69.93 69.11 69.75 0.45 69.30 05:59A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 67.65 68.36 67.62 68.21 0.42 67.79 05:59A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 66.06 66.77 66.06 66.69 0.41 66.28 05:59A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.68 65.25 64.62 65.17 0.35 64.82 05:59A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.68 64.24 63.61 64.14 0.31 63.83 05:59A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.23 63.69 63.12 63.55 0.25 63.30 05:59A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.46 63.07 62.46 62.91 0.27 62.64 05:59A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 598'0 602'2 595'0 597'0 0'0 597'0 05:59A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 607'0 610'6 603'4 605'2 -0'6 606'0 05:59A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 618'4 623'2 616'6 618'4 -0'2 618'6 05:59A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 637'0 641'6 635'4 638'2 0'6 637'4 05:59A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 652'6 657'2 650'6 652'6 0'0 652'6 05:59A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 658'2 664'0 658'2 661'2 1'4 659'6 05:59A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 657'6 660'0 656'6 656'6 1'6 655'0 05:59A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 662'6 662'6 662'6 662'6 4'0 658'6 05:59A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 661'0 0'0 667'6 05:59A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 76100.0 77030.0 75530.0 76890.0 510.0 76380.0 05:59A Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 76500.0 77340.0 75960.0 77315.0 575.0 76740.0 05:59A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 76735.0 77450.0 76735.0 77450.0 420.0 77030.0 05:59A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4807.2 4806.6 Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4831.3 4836.0 4775.8 4786.5 - 25.4 4811.9 05:59A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4842.4 4854.8 4790.8 4808.3 - 20.5 4828.8 05:59A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 79.505 79.951 Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 79.845 80.380 78.565 79.085 -0.953 80.038 05:59A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 80.140 80.565 78.965 79.320 -1.012 80.332 05:59A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 87.89 89.17 87.76 88.21 -1.40 89.61 05:59A Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 85.82 87.49 85.50 86.55 -0.87 87.42 05:59A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 82.56 84.09 82.52 83.29 -0.65 83.94 05:59A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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