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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 44/73 46/74 59/70 45/62 43/62
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L/H (°F)		 41/73 42/74 59/70 39/62 39/62
Dew Point
(°F)		 45 46 58 47 38
Humidity
(%)		 51 57 84 66 50
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 48oF Feels Like: 44oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 48oF
Barom: 29.92 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 6:11 Sunset: 7:57
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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Areas of Storms, Another System This Weekend
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Thunderstorms are moving from the Mississippi Valley toward the Southeast, with more storms expected Sunday. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Local Forecast
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High: 73°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 455'4 457'6 453'4 455'0 -0'4 455'0s 04/24 Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 464'0 466'2 462'0 463'4 -0'2 463'4s 04/24 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 468'4 471'0 467'0 468'6 0'0 468'4s 04/24 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 483'6 486'0 482'4 484'2 0'6 484'2s 04/24 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 496'4 498'6 496'0 497'6 1'4 498'0s 04/24 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 503'4 505'6 503'0 505'2 1'6 505'4s 04/24 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 507'0 509'0 506'2 508'6 2'0 509'0s 04/24 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 489'0 490'6 489'0 489'4 0'6 490'0s 04/24 Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 494'2 495'6 493'6 494'4 0'4 494'6s 04/24 Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1160'2 1164'2 1156'6 1161'6 4'0 1163'6s 04/24 Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1175'0 1179'2 1171'2 1176'6 3'6 1178'4s 04/24 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1168'6 1172'2 1165'4 1170'0 2'4 1171'4s 04/24 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1149'4 1152'0 1145'6 1149'6 1'2 1150'4s 04/24 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1155'0 1157'6 1151'4 1154'4 0'6 1155'6s 04/24 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1166'6 1169'6 1163'6 1167'0 1'0 1168'0s 04/24 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1166'0 1168'2 1162'0 1164'6 0'2 1165'6s 04/24 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1166'6 1170'6 1165'0 1168'2 0'2 1169'0s 04/24 Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1174'4 1176'4 1171'0 1173'6 0'2 1175'0s 04/24 Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3212 3247 3208 3243 37 3243s 04/24 Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3169 3195 3163 3191 26 3191s 04/24 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3115 3134 3107 3130 16 3131s 04/24 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3080 3091 3070 3089 11 3090s 04/24 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3057 3063 3044 3062 4 3062s 04/24 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3093 3096 3076 3093 3093s 04/24 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3102 3105 3086 3101 - 4 3100s 04/24 Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3102 3102 3083 3096 - 7 3095s 04/24 Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3105 3107 3090 3098 - 9 3098s 04/24 Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 95.450 95.600 94.175 94.475 -1.350 94.300s 04/24 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 103.300 103.500 101.850 101.900 - 1.550 101.900s 04/24 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.200 106.375 104.850 104.925 - 1.525 104.900s 04/24 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 106.875 106.900 105.525 105.600 - 1.300 105.575s 04/24 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.000 92.075 91.075 91.250 -0.800 91.150s 04/24 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.075 84.200 83.400 83.600 -0.450 83.475s 04/24 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.525 86.875 86.300 86.550 0.050 86.500s 04/24 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.150 90.525 90.050 90.375 0.350 90.400s 04/24 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 247.775 249.625 247.650 248.275 1.225 248.300s 04/24 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 244.000 246.500 243.825 244.875 1.725 245.225s 04/24 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 240.625 242.850 240.325 241.175 1.500 241.650s 04/24 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 236.300 238.350 236.300 237.075 1.750 237.475s 04/24 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 235.950 237.875 235.950 236.700 1.800 237.100s 04/24 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 235.575 237.600 235.575 236.675 1.775 237.050s 04/24 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 235.000 236.600 234.850 235.775 1.775 236.225s 04/24 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 228.400 229.550 228.375 229.400 1.675 229.400s 04/24 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 367.475 368.400 366.775 367.350 1.000 367.625s 04/24 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 360.500 363.175 359.225 360.075 2.025 360.900s 04/24 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 361.000 363.650 360.050 360.950 2.425 361.775s 04/24 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 358.775 361.500 357.950 358.900 2.675 359.750s 04/24 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 356.000 359.025 355.700 356.650 2.925 357.525s 04/24 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 353.625 356.300 352.850 354.350 3.050 354.975s 04/24 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 348.500 349.725 347.175 348.500 3.425 349.175s 04/24 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 344.325 344.575 342.150 344.000 3.975 344.575s 04/24 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49423.00 49598.00 49243.00 49424.00 - 98.00 49392.00s 04/24 Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49732.00 49889.00 49558.00 49698.00 - 101.00 49694.00s 04/24 Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7143.00 7200.50 7135.50 7195.50 51.25 7194.75s 04/24 Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7199.75 7255.00 7192.00 7247.00 51.75 7250.00s 04/24 Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 26992.00 27462.50 26992.00 27440.25 501.00 27435.00s 04/24 Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 27241.50 27707.50 27241.50 27685.00 505.50 27684.00s 04/24 Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 71.70 72.21 71.23 71.84 0.25 71.91s 04/24 Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 71.09 71.62 70.68 71.24 0.28 71.33s 04/24 Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 69.51 69.86 69.11 69.57 0.21 69.64s 04/24 Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 67.97 68.32 67.64 68.03 0.19 68.12s 04/24 Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 66.78 66.92 66.33 66.75 0.23 66.81s 04/24 Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 65.76 66.04 65.38 65.87 0.27 65.93s 04/24 Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.27 65.56 64.88 65.39 0.28 65.45s 04/24 Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.51 64.88 64.09 64.74 0.36 64.77s 04/24 Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 612'4 616'2 602'0 607'4 -2'4 608'2s 04/24 Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 622'0 625'2 611'0 616'2 -3'4 616'6s 04/24 Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 635'0 638'2 624'4 629'4 -3'0 630'2s 04/24 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 653'0 656'4 644'0 648'6 -2'2 649'4s 04/24 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 668'2 671'2 660'2 665'0 -1'2 666'0s 04/24 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 675'0 677'4 668'2 672'2 -0'4 673'6s 04/24 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 667'2 672'2 662'2 667'4 0'0 669'2s 04/24 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 669'2 675'0 669'2 671'4 0'6 673'6s 04/24 Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 678'4 681'0 678'4 681'0 1'0 683'2s 04/24 Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 77950.00 78620.00 77465.00 77960.00 177.87 77937.87s 04/24 Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 78395.0 79095.0 77690.0 78110.0 - 220.0 78015.0s 04/24 Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 78795.0 79305.0 78035.0 78435.0 - 230.0 78335.0s 04/24 Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4695.0 4722.2 4657.5 4714.4 17.2 4722.3s 04/24 Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4691.9 4739.9 4657.9 4708.0 17.0 4724.4s 04/24 Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4715.6 4757.1 4672.2 4725.4 16.9 4740.9s 04/24 Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 76.255 0.918 76.383s 04/24 Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 75.555 76.665 73.845 75.685 0.910 76.414s 04/24 Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 75.825 76.840 74.195 75.910 0.897 76.678s 04/24 Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 96.62 97.85 92.68 94.88 -1.45 94.40s 04/24 Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 90.95 92.47 88.05 89.97 -1.24 89.58s 04/24 Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 86.29 87.84 84.33 85.94 -0.88 85.66s 04/24 Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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