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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 35/45 32/51 39/60 44/73 37/57
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L/H (°F)		 30/38 25/51 36/60 39/73 32/57
Dew Point
(°F)		 38 35 42 51 43
Humidity
(%)		 87 76 74 75 58
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Speed
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 43oF Feels Like: 38oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 43oF
Barom: 30.07 Wind Dir: NE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph
Sunrise: 6:37 Sunset: 5:59
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
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Local Forecast
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High: 45°F
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Precip: 0%		 High: 51°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 433'2 438'6 432'0 434'4 1'0 434'2s 02:39P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 445'6 451'6 444'2 446'2 0'6 446'4s 03:43P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 453'6 460'4 453'4 455'4 1'2 455'4s 03:23P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 454'4 460'2 454'4 457'0 1'4 457'0s 02:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 469'2 474'2 469'0 471'2 1'2 471'2s 03:41P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 481'0 485'4 480'6 482'6 1'0 483'0s 02:48P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 488'0 491'4 487'4 489'0 0'6 489'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 490'6 495'0 490'6 492'2 0'4 492'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 473'2 475'0 473'2 473'6 0'4 473'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1153'0 1169'2 1149'4 1156'6 5'6 1155'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1162'4 1183'0 1160'4 1171'4 6'4 1170'4s 03:39P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1175'0 1196'0 1174'0 1184'2 6'2 1183'2s 03:10P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1167'0 1183'4 1164'6 1173'2 5'6 1172'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1131'6 1145'0 1129'0 1136'4 4'2 1136'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1127'4 1139'6 1125'0 1131'4 2'6 1131'4s 02:55P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1138'0 1149'6 1135'4 1141'6 2'4 1141'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1138'0 1147'4 1133'2 1139'6 0'6 1139'4s 03:10P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1142'0 1149'6 1135'6 1142'2 -0'4 1141'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3083 3115 3070 3099 22 3105s 01:20P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3130 3169 3115 3152 18 3147s 03:12P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3162 3199 3149 3181 14 3177s 03:12P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3161 3193 3151 3175 10 3171s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3150 3177 3142 3159 4 3155s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3131 3154 3123 3134 2 3133s 03:04P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3151 3173 3141 3155 - 3 3149s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3152 3170 3142 3150 - 5 3147s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3145 3159 3130 3139 - 9 3135s 01:22P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 95.575 96.125 94.700 95.775 0.175 95.750s 03:24P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 100.150 100.550 99.200 99.925 - 0.100 99.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 109.625 110.150 108.775 109.475 109.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 111.600 112.225 110.975 111.450 - 0.200 111.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 110.500 111.075 109.975 110.275 - 0.375 110.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.800 93.300 92.575 92.825 -0.225 92.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.225 84.250 83.875 84.225 84.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.400 86.475 86.100 86.450 0.025 86.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 231.000 234.750 230.725 234.300 1.025 234.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 227.500 230.925 227.175 230.725 1.025 230.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 226.150 229.075 225.500 228.975 0.725 228.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 226.100 228.425 224.950 228.225 0.450 228.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 226.850 229.150 225.800 228.950 0.400 228.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 226.925 229.200 225.950 228.900 0.425 228.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 225.975 228.075 225.200 227.825 0.450 227.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.525 220.500 217.600 220.225 0.575 220.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 354.700 358.675 352.300 357.100 - 0.075 357.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 349.825 354.700 347.675 353.300 - 0.025 353.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 345.950 350.425 343.450 349.475 - 0.125 349.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 346.200 350.675 343.700 349.500 0.125 349.500s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 344.875 348.725 342.000 347.925 0.150 347.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 342.150 346.375 339.975 345.675 0.250 345.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 338.975 343.425 337.150 342.700 0.450 342.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 332.000 336.650 331.475 336.000 0.225 336.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 48928.00 48935.00 47681.00 48495.00 - 450.00 48560.00 03:46P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49225.00 49225.00 47985.00 48788.00 - 473.00 48864.00 03:46P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6883.50 6886.00 6718.75 6814.75 - 73.50 6824.75 03:46P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6931.50 6933.00 6769.75 6862.50 - 78.25 6876.50 03:46P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 25002.75 25011.00 24352.00 24713.75 - 311.50 24755.75 03:46P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25194.25 25217.75 24562.25 24944.00 - 300.00 24970.00 03:46P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 62.55 62.87 62.00 62.00 0.10 62.27s 01:20P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 62.70 63.79 62.31 62.91 0.08 62.82s 03:12P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 62.77 63.87 62.44 63.00 0.12 62.93s 03:12P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 579'4 579'4 567'2 571'4 -2'2 572'2s 01:20P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 576'0 585'6 569'0 574'6 -3'2 574'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 583'6 594'2 578'4 584'2 -2'0 583'4s 03:04P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 595'6 606'0 591'0 596'0 -1'2 596'0s 02:34P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 613'6 623'4 609'4 614'4 -1'0 614'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 628'2 638'2 625'0 629'2 -0'4 629'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 636'2 644'2 633'2 637'4 0'2 637'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 630'4 635'0 628'0 631'0 1'0 632'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 633'0 636'4 633'0 636'2 2'2 637'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 69545.0 69740.0 66385.0 68310.0 -1170.0 68465.0 03:45P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 69710.0 69795.0 66610.0 68415.0 -1350.0 68710.0 03:45P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 69300.0 69500.0 67235.0 68645.0 -1435.0 69025.0 03:46P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5298.7 5303.8 5023.0 5102.0 -192.4 5107.4 03:45P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5335.7 5394.2 5005.0 5103.7 -207.9 5123.7 03:45P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5384.4 5413.4 5025.7 5117.5 -213.8 5142.6 03:45P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 89.590 90.800 79.000 82.915 -5.369 82.923 03:45P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 89.865 91.150 77.990 82.020 -6.526 83.183 03:45P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 89.690 91.605 78.060 82.325 -6.528 83.473 03:45P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 71.23 77.98 70.41 75.06 3.83 74.56 03:46P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 70.66 76.75 69.93 74.01 3.29 73.55 03:46P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 69.78 74.80 69.07 72.22 2.41 71.88 03:46P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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