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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 48/67 50/67 55/75 54/81 57/86
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L/H (°F)		 57/67 50/67 55/75 54/81 57/86
Dew Point
(°F)		 43 46 55 56 58
Humidity
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 57oF Feels Like: 57oF
Humid: 51% Dew Pt: 39oF
Barom: 30.24 Wind Dir: E
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 5:42 Sunset: 8:24
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 10:00 AM
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Showers Hitting Drought Areas Thursday
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 465'0 469'0 460'0 468'6 3'0 465'6 10:28A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 472'0 475'4 467'0 475'2 2'6 472'4 10:27A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 488'6 491'6 483'4 491'4 2'2 489'2 10:28A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 502'4 505'4 497'6 505'4 2'2 503'2 10:27A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 510'6 512'6 505'4 512'6 2'0 510'6 10:27A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 514'2 516'4 509'4 516'2 1'4 514'6 10:27A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 493'4 495'0 489'2 494'6 1'2 493'4 10:27A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 496'6 499'0 493'2 498'6 1'4 497'2 10:27A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 503'4 509'0 503'4 508'6 1'2 507'4 10:27A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1199'0 1203'4 1191'0 1202'6 3'0 1199'6 10:28A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1199'2 1202'4 1190'4 1202'2 3'0 1199'2 10:27A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1183'6 1187'4 1176'4 1187'2 2'0 1185'2 10:27A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1192'4 1195'0 1183'6 1194'6 1'2 1193'4 10:28A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1203'2 1206'4 1195'6 1206'2 1'2 1205'0 10:27A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1201'6 1205'0 1195'2 1204'4 0'6 1203'6 10:27A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1204'0 1206'6 1197'4 1206'4 1'0 1205'4 10:27A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1208'2 1211'2 1203'0 1211'2 1'0 1210'2 10:27A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1190'6 1192'4 1190'4 1191'2 -2'4 1193'6 10:27A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3309 3312 3278 3307 - 2 3309 10:27A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3251 3255 3226 3250 - 3 3253 10:27A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3220 3226 3196 3220 - 3 3223 10:27A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3203 3205 3175 3197 - 6 3203 10:27A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3244 3245 3216 3236 - 8 3244 10:27A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3256 3259 3232 3251 - 7 3258 10:27A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3256 3258 3232 3252 - 6 3258 10:27A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3259 3260 3236 3257 - 3 3260 10:27A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3275 3280 3257 3280 - 1 3281 10:27A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 97.100 97.200 95.850 95.925 -1.350 97.275 10:27A Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 101.975 102.150 100.300 100.350 - 1.625 101.975 10:27A Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 101.800 101.900 100.425 100.475 - 1.350 101.825 10:27A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.650 88.800 87.550 87.575 -1.075 88.650 10:27A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 81.500 81.500 80.375 80.425 -0.900 81.325 10:27A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 84.250 84.250 83.200 83.200 -1.000 84.200 10:27A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 88.125 88.150 87.025 87.100 -0.975 88.075 10:27A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.200 90.200 90.200 90.200 -1.000 91.200 10:27A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 253.375 253.475 251.800 251.975 - 1.300 253.275 10:27A Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 245.500 245.500 243.000 243.450 - 1.850 245.300 10:27A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.000 237.000 234.675 235.075 - 1.700 236.775 10:27A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 236.500 236.650 234.075 234.450 - 1.925 236.375 10:27A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.000 237.025 234.675 235.150 - 1.800 236.950 10:27A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.550 236.625 234.225 234.875 - 1.775 236.650 10:27A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.500 230.500 228.275 228.625 - 1.850 230.475 10:27A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 226.500 226.500 225.625 225.625 - 1.725 227.350 10:27A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
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May 26 370.475 370.500 369.500 369.600 - 1.125 370.725 10:27A Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 365.600 365.750 358.500 358.850 - 6.925 365.775 10:27A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 362.425 362.425 355.525 355.750 - 6.875 362.625 10:27A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 357.750 358.350 351.950 352.200 - 6.675 358.875 10:27A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 355.025 355.400 348.300 348.525 - 6.500 355.025 10:27A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 347.225 347.250 342.300 343.500 - 5.200 348.700 10:27A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 341.650 341.650 338.500 339.200 - 5.225 344.425 10:27A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 340.525 340.525 337.825 337.825 - 4.450 342.275 10:27A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Jun 26 50040.00 50282.00 49774.00 49989.00 - 105.00 50094.00 10:27A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50317.00 50594.00 50099.00 50352.00 - 58.00 50410.00 10:27A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7432.75 7469.75 7407.50 7427.50 - 24.25 7451.75 10:27A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7484.50 7526.50 7467.50 7484.25 - 26.50 7510.75 10:27A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Jun 26 29253.00 29464.50 29113.00 29251.75 - 138.75 29390.50 10:27A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29479.00 29731.50 29399.00 29516.50 - 147.25 29663.75 10:27A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 74.62 74.96 73.93 74.69 0.03 74.66 10:27A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.96 73.32 72.35 73.09 0.11 72.98 10:27A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.66 72.00 71.07 71.78 0.12 71.66 10:27A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.55 70.87 70.00 70.70 0.13 70.57 10:27A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.87 70.17 69.31 70.03 0.16 69.87 10:27A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.27 69.56 68.79 69.48 0.20 69.28 10:27A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.55 68.93 68.14 68.93 0.27 68.66 10:27A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.99 68.34 67.64 68.34 0.32 68.02 10:27A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 660'6 660'6 648'0 656'6 -3'6 660'4 10:27A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 673'0 673'0 661'2 670'0 -3'4 673'4 10:27A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 692'2 692'2 680'6 689'2 -3'0 692'2 10:27A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 705'4 707'0 696'2 705'0 -2'4 707'4 10:27A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 713'0 713'6 704'2 711'0 -3'4 714'4 10:27A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 710'2 710'2 702'2 710'0 -3'0 713'0 10:27A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 715'0 715'0 715'0 715'0 -2'4 717'4 10:27A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 723'4 723'4 723'2 723'2 -5'0 728'2 10:27A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 729'2 729'2 729'2 729'2 -5'4 734'6 10:27A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77470.0 78275.0 76655.0 77245.0 - 460.0 77705.0 10:27A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 77680.0 78580.0 77010.0 77590.0 - 425.0 78015.0 10:27A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 78620.0 78995.0 78335.0 78995.0 620.0 78375.0 10:27A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4507.2 4507.2 4503.8 4506.5 - 24.8 4531.3 10:27A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4548.0 4572.4 4488.3 4506.2 - 29.1 4535.3 10:27A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4556.1 4585.0 4508.9 4524.2 - 26.9 4551.1 10:27A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 74.960 74.960 74.960 74.960 -0.891 75.851 10:27A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 75.500 76.760 74.650 75.350 -0.571 75.921 10:27A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 76.190 77.305 74.695 75.645 -0.536 76.181 10:27A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 98.95 102.66 97.25 101.76 3.50 98.26 10:27A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 94.52 98.35 93.41 97.67 3.66 94.01 10:27A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 90.79 94.02 89.66 93.66 3.65 90.01 10:28A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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