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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 39/58 44/71 36/59 35/65 45/73
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L/H (°F)		 42/58 40/71 26/59 27/65 39/73
Dew Point
(°F)		 44 52 43 31 41
Humidity
(%)		 71 81 60 41 48
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Speed
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 52oF Feels Like: 52oF
Humid: 82% Dew Pt: 46oF
Barom: 29.95 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 6:34 Sunset: 6:02
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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Drought-Reducing Rain Continues in Ohio Valley, Developing in Plains Thursday
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High: 58°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 434'0 442'2 433'6 441'6 9'6 441'4s 02:30P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 442'4 454'4 442'4 453'4 9'6 453'4s 03:08P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 452'4 463'4 452'4 462'6 9'2 462'6s 03:05P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 453'6 464'6 453'6 464'2 8'6 464'2s 02:52P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 468'6 478'2 468'4 477'6 7'6 478'0s 02:48P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 480'4 489'2 480'2 488'6 6'6 489'0s 02:48P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 488'0 495'0 488'0 494'4 6'0 494'6s 02:43P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 492'2 497'4 492'2 497'0 4'6 497'0s 02:38P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 471'4 474'4 471'0 473'6 2'6 474'0s 02:38P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1159'4 1165'2 1153'4 1165'0 9'2 1163'6s 01:21P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1168'2 1181'0 1166'4 1179'0 9'6 1179'2s 03:01P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1182'2 1194'4 1180'4 1192'2 9'4 1192'4s 03:07P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1170'6 1183'0 1170'2 1180'4 8'2 1180'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1135'2 1145'4 1135'2 1143'0 6'6 1142'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1129'6 1139'4 1128'4 1136'4 6'0 1136'4s 02:44P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1140'0 1149'4 1139'2 1146'4 5'6 1146'6s 02:35P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1139'0 1147'4 1138'0 1144'2 5'4 1144'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1142'2 1149'6 1141'6 1145'6 5'0 1146'4s 02:32P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3069 3069 3042 3060 - 5 3056s 01:20P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3100 3106 3075 3090 - 6 3093s 02:52P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3136 3142 3107 3123 - 10 3126s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3127 3136 3103 3117 - 13 3119s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3112 3122 3090 3102 - 15 3103s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3090 3101 3069 3078 - 16 3080s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3111 3123 3090 3099 - 17 3100s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3110 3125 3091 3097 - 19 3099s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3105 3116 3083 3087 - 21 3090s 01:21P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 97.075 97.125 95.425 95.875 -1.400 95.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 101.500 101.650 100.450 100.775 - 1.200 100.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 111.175 111.425 109.875 110.075 - 1.300 109.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 112.950 113.375 112.050 112.325 - 0.850 112.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 111.500 112.050 110.975 111.175 - 0.475 111.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 93.500 94.050 93.400 93.675 0.150 93.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.425 84.975 84.425 84.775 0.300 84.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.625 87.025 86.575 86.925 0.325 86.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 238.075 239.950 237.525 238.575 0.175 238.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 234.700 236.475 234.250 235.350 0.100 235.275s 02:30P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 232.900 234.325 232.325 233.450 0.175 233.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 231.375 233.100 231.325 232.375 0.175 232.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 232.000 233.500 231.825 232.850 0.175 232.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 232.175 233.500 231.850 232.850 0.175 232.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 231.075 232.475 230.875 231.825 0.325 231.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 223.925 225.000 223.825 224.600 0.650 224.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 363.425 364.825 361.375 362.850 - 1.325 362.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 359.800 361.600 357.350 359.125 - 1.750 359.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 356.200 357.800 353.650 355.600 - 1.475 355.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 356.025 357.650 353.500 355.800 - 1.100 355.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 354.300 355.850 351.925 354.050 - 1.175 353.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 352.150 353.650 349.725 351.725 - 1.125 351.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 350.225 350.750 347.025 349.200 - 1.025 349.150s 02:30P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 343.000 343.725 341.425 341.725 - 1.300 342.125s 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 48788.00 48886.00 47613.00 47924.00 - 872.00 47983.00 03:07P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49131.00 49179.00 47927.00 48247.00 - 865.00 48292.00 03:07P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6883.25 6900.75 6777.00 6828.75 - 47.25 6835.25 03:07P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6933.75 6953.50 6828.00 6880.25 - 48.25 6886.75 03:07P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Mar 26 25156.50 25250.00 24772.50 25025.25 - 103.00 25049.50 03:07P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25367.75 25460.50 24995.00 25254.00 - 93.00 25267.00 03:07P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 63.70 65.42 63.70 65.42 2.23 65.32s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 63.59 66.12 63.51 65.71 2.11 65.70s 02:53P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 63.70 65.98 63.55 65.64 1.97 65.60s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 575'0 580'0 574'0 580'0 16'0 582'6s 01:21P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 568'2 586'0 568'0 585'2 15'4 583'6s 02:55P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 578'0 594'6 577'6 594'0 15'2 593'0s 02:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 590'6 606'2 590'2 605'6 15'0 604'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 608'0 623'2 608'0 622'6 14'4 621'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 623'2 637'2 623'2 637'2 13'6 636'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 632'2 643'6 632'0 643'6 13'2 643'2s 01:21P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 628'2 638'4 628'2 638'4 12'0 638'4s 02:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 630'2 12'4 643'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 73075.0 73825.0 70845.0 71575.0 -1870.0 71530.0 03:07P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 73200.0 74030.0 71135.0 71845.0 -1890.0 71800.0 03:07P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 74155.0 74155.0 71955.0 71955.0 -1945.0 72120.0 03:07P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5169.5 5169.5 5054.7 5064.1 - 56.1 5065.3 03:07P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5155.7 5204.3 5058.9 5090.8 - 43.9 5078.7 03:07P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5182.5 5221.7 5083.4 5110.0 - 43.4 5097.1 03:07P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 84.095 84.150 80.955 81.355 -1.278 81.687 03:07P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 83.510 85.360 80.510 82.165 -0.714 81.882 03:07P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 83.895 85.750 80.565 82.425 -0.759 82.181 03:07P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 76.15 82.16 74.97 79.68 5.02 81.01 03:07P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 74.61 79.47 73.79 77.50 4.04 78.64 03:07P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 72.79 76.14 71.95 74.49 2.73 75.52 03:07P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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