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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Clear Rain Rain Thunder Storms Rain
Weather Clear Rain Rain Thunder Storms Rain
Temp
L/H (°F)		 54/79 52/76 63/70 57/67 52/63
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 54/79 52/76 63/70 57/67 52/63
Dew Point
(°F)		 59 58 61 61 51
Humidity
(%)		 64 73 97 98 74
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 3 8 7 7 9
Precip
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1.20		 Rain
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0.10
Evap
(in./day)		 0.13 0.12 0.05 0.04 0.09
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 79oF Feels Like: 78oF
Humid: 42% Dew Pt: 54oF
Barom: 30.03 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 7:00 Sunset: 6:53
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Front Continues Southeast, Meeting Hurricane Polo's Remnants Late Tuesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Washington, IA
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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Monday
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High: 79°F
Low: 54°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 76°F
Low: 52°F
Precip: 20%		 High: 70°F
Low: 63°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 67°F
Low: 57°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 63°F
Low: 52°F
Precip: 63%
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 528'6 529'0 517'2 522'2 -5'2 523'0s 04:45P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 542'4 542'4 531'2 535'6 -5'4 536'4s 04:45P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 549'0 549'0 538'4 542'6 -5'2 543'4s 04:45P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 551'6 552'0 541'6 546'0 -4'6 546'6s 02:45P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 523'0 523'6 515'4 519'6 -3'0 520'6s 04:45P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 529'2 529'2 520'0 524'2 -3'0 525'0s 04:45P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 539'0 539'0 532'6 536'4 -3'0 537'2s 03:15P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 545'0 545'4 540'4 544'2 -2'6 544'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 547'0 547'0 544'2 546'4 -2'2 547'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1319'0 1322'4 1279'2 1287'6 -30'6 1288'2s 04:45P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1332'4 1335'4 1293'6 1302'2 -29'4 1303'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1338'2 1342'2 1303'0 1311'4 -27'4 1312'0s 03:42P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1346'0 1349'2 1310'6 1319'0 -26'4 1319'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1350'4 1353'6 1316'2 1324'0 -25'6 1325'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1331'4 1335'4 1301'0 1308'2 -24'0 1309'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1290'2 1293'0 1262'6 1269'4 -21'2 1270'4s 02:37P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1277'4 1278'6 1250'0 1256'4 -19'0 1257'6s 04:45P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1279'2 1279'2 1261'0 1268'2 -18'2 1268'4s 04:45P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3739 3739 3611 3614 -122 3617s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3710 3710 3581 3590 -116 3594s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3697 3697 3584 3595 - 99 3599s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3688 3688 3583 3592 - 87 3596s 03:50P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3679 3679 3587 3594 - 81 3598s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3689 3690 3602 3609 - 78 3612s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3638 3644 3569 3578 - 68 3580s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3584 3590 3524 3534 - 59 3536s 01:30P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3493 3493 3467 3483 - 50 3482s 01:30P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 78.400 79.150 78.225 78.475 0.025 78.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 69.275 69.300 68.175 68.500 -0.625 68.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 70.550 70.600 69.225 69.525 -0.950 69.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 75.800 75.950 74.625 74.975 -1.200 74.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 80.375 80.375 79.225 79.225 -1.150 79.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 89.600 89.600 88.000 88.175 -1.200 88.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 91.175 91.275 89.900 90.050 -1.275 89.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 90.975 91.125 89.875 90.000 -1.175 89.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 76.500 76.625 75.650 75.825 -0.975 75.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 69.850 69.900 69.400 69.400 -0.550 69.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 -0.550 72.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 219.825 219.900 217.300 217.825 - 1.425 217.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 222.800 222.875 220.125 220.975 - 1.350 220.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 225.000 225.000 222.375 223.225 - 1.350 222.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.525 226.525 224.275 225.000 - 1.050 224.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 221.000 221.400 219.300 220.075 - 0.850 219.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.700 217.850 215.325 216.850 - 0.700 216.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.550 216.325 214.700 215.375 - 0.625 215.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 216.650 216.650 215.150 215.475 - 0.775 215.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 216.575 216.575 215.525 215.525 - 0.575 215.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 215.150 - 0.575 215.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 335.525 336.600 331.700 332.325 - 3.025 331.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 332.850 333.900 329.025 329.800 - 2.700 329.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 324.900 326.500 321.725 322.600 - 2.375 321.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 320.525 322.500 318.025 318.775 - 1.925 318.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 319.600 321.650 317.575 318.550 - 1.550 317.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 317.800 320.000 316.175 317.125 - 1.325 316.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 319.925 320.000 317.125 317.950 - 1.475 317.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 315.650 315.650 315.650 315.650 - 1.350 315.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 314.000 314.000 314.000 314.000 - 1.500 313.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 52140.00 52153.00 51744.00 51846.00 - 326.00 51837.00s 04:45P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52553.00 52599.00 52278.00 52340.00 - 323.00 52342.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7796.00 7803.00 7726.00 7746.25 - 57.00 7746.75s 04:45P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7881.00 7886.00 7809.00 7827.25 - 57.50 7829.00s 04:45P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 30870.00 30920.75 30356.75 30556.75 - 323.00 30566.25s 04:45P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 31228.25 31258.50 30736.00 30931.50 - 324.00 30936.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.46 67.60 66.06 67.08 -0.15 67.11s 04:45P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.00 68.18 66.61 67.63 -0.18 67.66s 04:46P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.02 68.37 66.86 67.78 -0.21 67.84s 04:45P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.34 68.60 67.15 67.96 -0.23 68.03s 03:45P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.53 68.74 67.36 68.13 -0.21 68.22s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.50 68.68 67.38 68.17 -0.16 68.25s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.10 68.21 67.00 67.78 -0.13 67.85s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.62 67.62 66.55 67.38 -0.10 67.40s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 703'0 703'0 683'0 687'4 -14'4 688'6s 04:45P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 718'2 718'2 698'2 701'6 -14'6 703'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 723'4 725'0 706'0 709'0 -14'2 710'6s 02:47P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 725'4 725'4 707'2 710'2 -13'4 712'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 730'6 730'6 713'2 717'2 -12'6 718'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 743'4 743'4 724'2 726'6 -12'2 728'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 730'6 735'6 730'6 735'4 -11'4 735'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 745'2 -10'6 734'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 711'2 711'2 711'2 711'2 -10'2 717'2s 02:47P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 83805.0 83845.0 83680.0 83680.0 - 110.0 83790.0 04:47P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 84397.5 84397.5 84285.0 84165.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 84477.5 84477.5 84040.0 84530.0 Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 4287.9 -150.8 4135.4s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4279.7 4279.7 4113.1 4113.4 -151.4 4136.4s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4290.0 4294.0 4129.2 4129.2 -152.4 4152.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 61.385 61.385 61.385 61.385 -3.025 61.220s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 63.810 63.810 60.515 60.520 -3.040 61.231s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 64.100 64.100 60.770 60.780 -3.062 61.479s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 93.58 96.54 91.25 93.29 0.19 92.60s 04:47P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 89.78 92.20 87.62 89.65 0.30 89.01s 04:45P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 86.78 89.02 85.13 87.09 0.53 86.54s 04:00P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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