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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Rain Clear Partly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 63/71 57/69 50/65 45/67 49/69
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 63/72 57/69 50/65 43/67 49/69
Dew Point
(°F)		 67 63 49 49 53
Humidity
(%)		 95 98 65 72 80
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 5 7 8 5 6
Precip
 (%)		 80 80 20 - -
Precip
Amt (in.)
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0.19		 Rain
1.79		 Rain
0.02		 None None
Evap
(in./day)		 0.05 0.04 0.12 0.1 0.1
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 29.83 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 7:02 Sunset: 6:50
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Heavy Rain Leaving Plains, Continuing in Midwest Thursday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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Wednesday
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High: 71°F
Low: 63°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 69°F
Low: 57°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 65°F
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Low: 45°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 69°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 522'0 526'2 498'6 501'2 -21'2 500'6s 03:59P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 535'6 539'6 513'6 516'0 -20'4 515'4s 03:12P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 542'6 546'6 521'4 523'4 -19'6 523'2s 03:14P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 545'6 549'4 526'2 528'0 -18'2 527'4s 03:14P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 517'6 520'4 505'4 508'6 -9'4 508'4s 03:14P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 522'0 524'4 512'6 517'4 -5'0 517'2s 03:03P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 534'6 537'2 526'2 531'6 -3'4 531'4s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 542'0 543'2 535'6 539'2 -3'2 539'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 545'2 547'0 537'0 542'4 -3'0 542'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1296'6 1311'4 1289'6 1294'0 -4'6 1293'0s 03:59P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1311'4 1327'0 1306'2 1310'2 -3'4 1309'2s 03:55P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1321'0 1335'2 1315'2 1319'0 -3'0 1318'4s 03:14P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1327'2 1342'4 1323'2 1327'0 -2'4 1326'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1333'0 1346'4 1328'4 1331'6 -2'2 1331'4s 03:55P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1315'0 1328'2 1311'4 1314'2 -2'6 1314'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1276'2 1287'0 1270'6 1273'0 -5'0 1272'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1263'2 1274'2 1257'4 1260'6 -4'6 1260'0s 01:26P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1278'4 1284'2 1269'2 1271'0 -4'0 1271'0s 01:20P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3608 3650 3560 3561 - 30 3571s 03:17P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3590 3652 3555 3564 - 21 3569s 03:36P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3591 3646 3556 3567 - 21 3570s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3591 3640 3560 3570 - 18 3573s 02:32P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3600 3642 3568 3577 - 20 3579s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3617 3655 3588 3596 - 18 3598s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3585 3618 3557 3565 - 18 3567s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3542 3571 3518 3520 - 21 3521s 01:20P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3493 3509 3473 3473 - 22 3466s 01:20P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 79.400 79.425 78.600 78.625 -0.650 78.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 69.525 69.950 68.925 69.375 -0.275 69.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 70.450 70.675 69.825 70.075 -0.450 70.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 75.425 75.575 74.775 75.075 -0.325 75.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 79.500 79.900 79.500 79.900 -0.050 79.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 88.500 88.575 87.750 88.375 -0.100 88.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 90.475 90.525 89.775 90.375 -0.125 90.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 90.275 90.550 89.750 90.475 -0.100 90.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 76.325 76.625 76.025 76.375 -0.075 76.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 69.850 69.875 69.850 69.875 69.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 73.200 73.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 217.925 219.900 217.700 218.925 1.450 218.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 221.150 223.850 221.025 222.875 1.900 222.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 223.000 226.000 223.000 225.200 2.150 225.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.775 227.550 224.775 226.925 2.025 226.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 219.950 222.500 219.950 221.975 1.925 221.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 216.525 219.200 216.350 218.700 1.875 218.600s 02:30P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.475 217.550 215.425 217.075 1.725 216.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 217.000 217.850 217.000 217.400 1.375 217.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 217.525 217.725 217.100 217.300 1.300 217.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 215.150 1.300 217.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 334.700 337.650 333.375 336.475 2.775 336.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 332.000 335.450 330.625 334.350 3.400 334.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 324.500 328.625 323.325 327.975 4.275 327.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 319.600 324.825 319.600 324.700 4.600 324.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 319.975 324.500 319.700 324.500 4.800 323.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 317.925 323.375 317.925 323.375 4.925 322.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 320.775 324.150 320.775 324.150 4.850 323.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 319.800 321.350 319.800 321.350 5.025 321.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 314.000 4.750 319.450s 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 51765.00 51997.00 51218.00 51295.00 - 424.00 51278.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52271.00 52443.00 51775.00 51775.00 - 433.00 51771.00s 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 7739.00 7782.00 7705.50 7721.50 - 16.50 7715.50s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7823.25 7860.00 7787.50 7801.25 - 17.25 7795.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 30657.25 30906.00 30512.25 30725.75 85.50 30698.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 31083.75 31273.25 30887.00 31086.75 82.75 31065.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 68.05 68.25 67.90 67.90 67.85s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.28 69.03 67.94 68.31 -0.08 68.28s 03:34P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.50 69.23 68.20 68.50 -0.11 68.47s 03:51P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.70 69.40 68.42 68.69 -0.14 68.64s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.92 69.51 68.61 68.87 -0.13 68.81s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.93 69.50 68.63 68.90 -0.12 68.84s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.50 69.05 68.26 68.46 -0.11 68.42s 02:30P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.93 68.48 67.93 68.01 -0.12 67.93s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 692'6 700'2 673'2 675'2 -17'0 675'6s 03:13P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 707'4 714'2 688'6 690'2 -16'2 690'6s 03:08P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 714'4 720'4 696'6 698'0 -14'6 698'6s 01:23P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 713'0 718'6 698'6 700'0 -11'4 701'0s 03:50P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 717'4 722'2 705'0 705'6 -10'2 706'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 726'6 731'0 715'6 716'0 -9'0 717'0s 03:22P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 728'0 728'2 723'6 723'6 -7'4 724'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 725'0 725'0 725'0 725'0 -6'4 722'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 711'0 711'0 708'4 708'4 -5'4 705'4s 03:04P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 84070.0 84135.0 83925.0 84130.0 205.0 83925.0 04:27P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 84375.0 84375.0 84390.0 84305.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 87155.0 85100.0 84675.0 Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 4183.8 4217.4 4151.4 4152.8 7.9 4155.6s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4198.1 4235.0 4163.3 4173.5 7.5 4171.5s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 4216.2 4251.1 4178.2 4189.1 7.0 4186.7s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 60.820 60.820 60.000 60.000 - 0.570 60.098s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 61.740 61.740 60.240 60.340 -0.574 60.340s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 61.835 62.110 60.380 60.755 -0.587 60.566s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 89.00 91.96 88.58 90.34 1.04 90.42s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 86.91 89.83 86.43 88.37 1.17 88.42s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 85.16 88.09 84.90 86.70 1.02 86.73s 04:00P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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