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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 64/84 63/81 57/77 58/76 62/80
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 64/92 63/83 57/77 58/77 62/85
Dew Point
(°F)		 73 65 61 62 68
Humidity
(%)		 78 72 71 85 89
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 79oF Feels Like: 83oF
Humid: 94% Dew Pt: 77oF
Barom: 30.05 Wind Dir: SW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 12 mph
Sunrise: 6:22 Sunset: 7:57
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 AM
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Local Forecast
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High: 84°F
Low: 64°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 477'0 483'2 474'4 481'6 3'0 478'6 11:43A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 502'0 508'2 499'0 506'4 3'0 503'4 11:43A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 515'4 523'0 514'0 521'4 3'2 518'2 11:42A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 522'6 529'4 520'4 528'0 3'2 524'6 11:42A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 524'6 531'4 522'4 529'4 3'0 526'4 11:42A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 502'6 507'4 501'2 505'2 0'6 504'4 11:42A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 506'0 510'4 504'2 508'6 1'2 507'4 11:42A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 516'4 520'6 514'6 520'4 3'0 517'4 11:42A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 522'2 526'4 522'0 526'4 3'4 523'0 11:42A Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1218'6 1224'2 1209'6 1221'2 0'4 1220'6 11:42A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1235'4 1239'0 1224'4 1236'2 -0'2 1236'4 11:43A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1250'2 1253'4 1239'2 1250'4 -1'0 1251'4 11:42A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1253'6 1258'6 1245'4 1255'6 -1'4 1257'2 11:42A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1260'0 1263'2 1250'6 1260'0 -2'0 1262'0 11:42A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1261'2 1266'0 1254'2 1263'2 -1'0 1264'2 11:42A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1243'4 1247'0 1236'6 1245'0 -1'4 1246'4 11:42A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1203'4 1207'0 1199'0 1205'6 -0'6 1206'4 11:42A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1190'6 1197'2 1187'4 1192'6 -1'4 1194'2 11:42A Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3151 3163 3123 3153 - 4 3157 11:42A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3180 3193 3151 3184 - 2 3186 11:42A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3235 3246 3201 3237 - 1 3238 11:43A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3260 3271 3228 3264 3264 11:43A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3285 3299 3256 3293 6 3287 11:43A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3309 3322 3279 3321 12 3309 11:43A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3333 3349 3304 3346 14 3332 11:43A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3316 3331 3290 3331 17 3314 11:43A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3275 3302 3262 3302 18 3284 11:43A Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 80.000 81.300 79.675 80.850 0.625 80.225 11:43A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 70.625 71.950 70.350 71.625 0.875 70.750 11:43A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 73.800 74.875 73.450 74.500 0.675 73.825 11:43A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.200 80.350 79.175 79.925 0.550 79.375 11:43A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 84.000 84.850 84.000 84.850 0.850 84.000 11:43A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.500 93.450 92.350 93.150 0.650 92.500 11:43A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 93.900 95.000 93.900 94.800 0.650 94.150 11:43A Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.750 94.625 93.750 94.450 0.700 93.750 11:43A Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.875 79.750 78.700 79.750 0.975 78.775 11:43A Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.100 72.100 72.100 72.100 0.400 72.100s 11:43A Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.400 0.400 75.400s 11:43A Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 220.850 223.250 218.725 222.950 - 0.400 223.350 11:42A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 214.000 217.775 212.675 217.225 - 0.775 218.000 11:42A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 215.000 218.350 213.400 217.800 - 0.475 218.275 11:42A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 215.350 219.150 214.475 218.575 - 0.325 218.900 11:43A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 216.500 219.975 215.250 219.450 - 0.050 219.500 11:43A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 209.250 213.450 208.600 213.000 0.200 212.800 11:43A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 205.050 209.675 204.825 209.150 0.400 208.750 11:43A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 205.875 208.525 203.750 208.525 1.175 207.350 11:43A Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 204.850 208.675 204.850 208.675 0.650 208.025 11:43A Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 205.200 205.200 205.000 205.000 - 2.950 207.950 11:43A Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 333.075 334.400 331.300 334.000 - 1.300 335.300 11:43A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 323.400 328.450 321.325 327.725 - 1.200 328.925 11:43A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 317.200 323.000 315.400 322.225 - 0.475 322.700 11:43A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 309.550 315.700 307.950 314.925 0.050 314.875 11:43A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 300.950 307.075 300.000 306.150 - 0.200 306.350 11:43A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 297.675 303.325 296.800 302.925 0.200 302.725 11:43A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 298.250 303.400 297.250 303.400 0.825 302.575 11:43A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 297.125 301.650 296.625 301.650 - 0.475 302.125 11:43A Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 297.500 301.700 297.025 301.700 - 0.625 302.325 11:43A Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52876.00 53326.00 52838.00 53240.00 391.00 52849.00 11:44A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53279.00 53732.00 53272.00 53648.00 397.00 53251.00 11:44A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7669.00 7714.00 7661.25 7699.25 36.75 7662.50 11:44A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7735.00 7779.75 7727.75 7766.25 38.25 7728.00 11:44A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29327.00 29539.00 29220.00 29423.00 122.50 29300.50 11:42A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29600.00 29824.25 29517.00 29706.75 118.25 29588.50 11:42A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 70.63 71.48 69.02 69.07 -2.11 71.18 11:42A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.70 71.65 69.20 69.25 -2.08 71.33 11:42A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.74 71.69 69.29 69.33 -1.99 71.32 11:43A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.58 71.53 69.32 69.36 -1.80 71.16 11:43A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.40 71.29 69.27 69.29 -1.63 70.92 11:43A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.00 71.03 69.17 69.20 -1.48 70.68 11:43A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.69 70.65 68.80 68.80 -1.50 70.30 11:44A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.83 69.74 68.27 68.27 -1.26 69.53 11:42A Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 682'0 687'6 674'4 678'4 -4'2 682'6 11:42A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 699'0 705'0 692'2 696'2 -3'6 700'0 11:42A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 716'0 722'0 709'6 713'4 -3'6 717'2 11:42A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 724'6 729'4 717'6 721'4 -3'2 724'6 11:43A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 719'6 727'0 716'4 719'2 -3'6 723'0 11:42A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 727'4 732'0 722'6 725'2 -3'6 729'0 11:43A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 741'6 743'0 734'2 737'6 -2'2 740'0 11:43A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 744'0 0'0 746'4 11:43A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 745'0 745'0 745'0 745'0 0'4 744'4 11:42A Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 72845.0 79625.0 72670.0 77480.0 4690.0 72790.0 11:44A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 73055.0 79900.0 73055.0 77795.0 4715.0 73080.0 11:44A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 73740.0 78645.0 73740.0 78525.0 5110.0 73415.0 11:44A Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4560.0 4615.0 4560.0 4615.0 98.7 4516.3 11:44A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4526.9 4626.6 4517.4 4626.6 105.9 4520.7 11:44A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4543.3 4643.1 4531.9 4643.1 106.0 4537.1 11:44A Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.095 69.650 68.095 69.650 1.624 68.026 11:44A Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 68.290 70.080 67.960 69.820 1.715 68.105 11:44A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 68.385 70.275 68.385 70.050 1.702 68.348 11:44A Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 86.27 87.51 85.80 86.86 0.03 86.83 11:44A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 84.35 85.46 84.03 85.03 0.17 84.86 11:44A Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 82.27 83.17 82.03 82.91 0.24 82.67 11:43A Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
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