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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 60/81 67/82 62/80 59/82 63/82
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 60/84 67/84 62/82 59/84 63/85
Dew Point
(°F)		 65 67 64 63 65
Humidity
(%)		 74 73 71 72 75
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 5 9 7 3 10
Precip
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0.01		 Rain
0.08		 None None Rain
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 63oF Feels Like: 63oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 63oF
Barom: 30.08 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 3 mph
Sunrise: 6:26 Sunset: 7:51
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 PM
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Local Forecast
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Tuesday
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High: 81°F
Low: 60°F
Precip: 20%		 High: 82°F
Low: 67°F
Precip: 31%		 High: 80°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 491'4 494'6 491'0 494'4 3'0 491'4 11:10P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 515'6 518'4 515'0 518'2 2'6 515'4 11:10P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 530'0 532'6 529'6 532'6 2'4 530'2 11:10P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 536'6 539'0 536'2 538'6 2'0 536'6 11:10P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 537'4 539'4 537'0 539'4 2'0 537'4 11:10P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 511'0 512'0 511'0 512'0 0'6 511'2 11:09P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 512'6 513'6 511'6 513'6 0'4 513'2 11:09P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 523'4 524'2 522'4 523'6 0'0 523'6 11:09P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 530'2 530'2 529'6 529'6 0'2 529'4 11:09P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1215'0 1221'2 1215'0 1217'2 1'2 1216'0 11:10P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1223'0 1228'4 1221'6 1224'2 0'0 1224'2 11:10P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1237'4 1242'0 1235'6 1238'0 -0'2 1238'2 11:10P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1244'0 1248'0 1242'2 1244'4 0'0 1244'4 11:10P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1250'4 1253'6 1248'6 1250'2 -0'6 1251'0 11:10P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1254'2 1257'2 1253'0 1254'6 0'0 1254'6 11:10P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1238'2 1240'0 1236'2 1237'4 -0'4 1238'0 11:11P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1199'6 1200'0 1199'6 1200'0 -0'6 1200'6 11:10P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1187'4 1192'4 1187'4 1188'6 -1'2 1190'0 11:10P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3200 3206 3190 3204 1 3203 11:11P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3230 3233 3219 3233 1 3232 11:11P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3280 3287 3272 3286 3286 11:11P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3311 3313 3300 3312 - 1 3313 11:10P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3336 3339 3326 3339 - 3 3342 11:11P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3360 3364 3349 3364 - 3 3367 11:10P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3391 3391 3379 3391 - 4 3395 11:10P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3366 3378 3366 3378 - 4 3382 11:10P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3373 3358 11:10P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 80.875 81.325 80.125 81.125 0.250 81.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.575 71.925 70.925 71.475 -0.050 71.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 74.475 74.775 73.975 74.400 74.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 80.025 80.150 79.475 79.800 -0.050 79.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 84.200 84.600 84.200 84.225 -0.375 84.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 93.075 93.300 92.750 92.925 -0.025 93.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.525 94.800 94.475 94.475 -0.100 94.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.225 94.350 94.150 94.200 -0.100 94.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.000 79.400 79.000 79.400 -0.100 79.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 71.100 71.100 71.100 71.100 -1.075 71.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 74.425 -1.075 74.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 224.750 224.825 220.050 220.050 - 2.975 220.075s 03:00P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 218.950 219.500 213.500 213.625 - 4.325 213.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 219.600 220.300 214.125 214.200 - 4.300 214.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 220.375 221.000 215.550 215.600 - 3.725 215.600s 02:35P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 221.200 221.825 217.000 217.075 - 3.100 217.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 214.325 215.100 210.900 210.900 - 2.600 211.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 210.300 211.000 207.100 207.175 - 2.375 207.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 209.500 209.500 205.925 206.225 - 2.175 206.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 210.000 210.000 206.775 206.850 - 2.175 206.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 206.725 206.725 206.725 206.725 - 1.875 206.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 335.750 336.975 333.400 334.100 - 1.175 333.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 330.650 331.350 322.975 324.150 - 4.800 324.225s 02:30P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 325.000 325.750 317.425 318.125 - 5.375 318.275s 03:36P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 317.450 318.175 310.375 310.850 - 5.275 310.975s 02:30P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 308.525 309.425 302.200 302.550 - 4.800 302.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 305.100 305.275 299.100 299.750 - 4.250 299.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 305.000 305.325 299.600 300.425 - 3.775 300.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 303.700 304.500 299.425 300.450 - 2.925 300.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 304.000 304.500 299.500 300.650 - 3.075 300.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53524.00 53547.00 53442.00 53495.00 6.00 53489.00 11:11P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53870.00 53925.00 53851.00 53925.00 32.00 53893.00 11:10P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7676.00 7678.75 7660.25 7677.75 8.00 7669.75 11:11P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7741.50 7744.75 7727.00 7744.75 8.75 7736.00 11:11P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29140.50 29199.00 29017.00 29191.50 85.75 29105.75 11:11P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29426.25 29479.00 29312.25 29476.50 81.75 29394.75 11:11P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 67.13 67.13 66.41 66.50 -0.63 67.13 11:10P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.27 67.27 66.52 66.63 -0.63 67.26 11:10P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.32 67.32 66.58 66.74 -0.57 67.31 11:10P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.36 67.38 66.68 66.80 -0.56 67.36 11:10P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.41 67.42 66.78 66.85 -0.54 67.39 11:10P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.37 67.39 66.75 66.90 -0.44 67.34 11:10P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.18 67.20 66.60 66.74 -0.37 67.11 11:10P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 66.66 66.66 66.06 66.09 -0.42 66.51 11:10P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 683'2 685'6 681'0 685'0 3'2 681'6 11:10P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 702'0 703'4 698'4 702'6 3'2 699'4 11:10P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 721'0 721'0 716'4 720'4 3'0 717'4 11:10P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 727'4 729'0 724'6 728'2 2'4 725'6 11:10P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 723'6 726'4 722'2 725'4 2'0 723'4 11:11P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 730'4 731'0 728'0 730'6 1'4 729'2 11:11P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 741'0 741'0 739'6 740'4 0'2 740'2 11:11P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 746'2 0'0 746'2 11:11P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 745'0 0'0 743'6 11:09P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 79065.0 81350.0 78710.0 80515.0 1665.0 78850.0 11:10P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 79345.0 81665.0 79045.0 80900.0 1720.0 79180.0 11:10P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 80000.0 81700.0 80000.0 81435.0 1895.0 79540.0 11:10P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4670.9 4640.8 Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4656.5 4700.0 4619.5 4637.4 - 6.9 4644.3 11:10P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4674.5 4718.0 4637.0 4656.0 - 5.4 4661.4 11:10P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 69.505 69.505 68.120 68.120 -0.421 68.541 11:10P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 68.965 69.985 67.500 67.985 -0.609 68.594 11:10P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 69.265 70.090 68.175 68.175 -0.665 68.840 11:10P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 85.03 85.84 84.73 85.42 0.41 85.01 11:10P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 83.27 84.07 82.99 83.67 0.37 83.30 11:10P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 81.19 82.04 81.01 81.67 0.33 81.34 11:10P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
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