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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 68oF Feels Like: 69oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 68oF
Barom: 29.99 Wind Dir: ESE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 6:06 Sunset: 8:19
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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Potential for Heavy Rain in Missouri and Illinois
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Heavy rain of 3-4 inches targets east-central Missouri and west-central Illinois through Thursday morning. » More DTN Weather Commentary

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 441'6 443'0 435'4 437'4 -5'4 436'6s 04:49P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 465'2 466'2 458'4 460'6 -5'4 460'0s 04:45P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 481'0 481'6 474'2 476'4 -5'6 475'6s 04:45P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 490'6 490'6 483'4 485'4 -5'4 485'0s 02:38P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 495'2 495'2 488'4 490'6 -4'6 490'4s 02:38P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'4 483'6 479'0 481'6 -2'4 481'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'6 490'4 485'6 489'4 -1'4 488'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'0 501'4 497'4 500'4 -1'2 500'2s 03:36P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 506'6 506'6 504'6 506'0 -1'2 506'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1149'2 1152'2 1146'2 1152'0 -3'4 1151'4s 04:47P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1158'6 1161'6 1148'6 1158'2 -2'2 1156'4s 04:51P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1177'0 1181'0 1167'2 1176'6 -3'0 1174'6s 04:53P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1192'2 1196'0 1182'6 1191'4 -3'4 1189'6s 03:37P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1198'4 1202'4 1189'4 1198'0 -3'0 1196'4s 02:52P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1206'6 1209'2 1197'0 1206'4 -2'2 1204'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1210'2 1214'6 1203'0 1213'0 -1'4 1211'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1194'6 1200'2 1190'2 1199'0 -0'6 1198'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1162'4 1167'2 1159'2 1166'6 0'2 1166'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3101 3101 3071 3087 - 13 3093s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3126 3126 3087 3107 - 25 3102s 04:55P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3138 3138 3100 3117 - 26 3112s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3180 3182 3146 3162 - 28 3156s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3209 3211 3175 3188 - 27 3185s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3242 3242 3210 3222 - 25 3219s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3263 3270 3239 3250 - 24 3248s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3297 3301 3271 3278 - 26 3276s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3279 3291 3264 3268 - 26 3266s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 97.350 97.450 96.475 96.675 -1.250 96.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.700 83.800 82.275 83.075 -1.325 83.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 75.100 75.100 73.800 74.600 -1.125 74.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.700 78.700 77.550 78.275 -1.100 78.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 83.625 83.625 82.750 83.350 -0.925 83.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 87.225 87.225 86.825 86.825 -0.725 86.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.575 95.750 95.150 95.725 -0.550 95.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.850 96.850 96.025 96.450 -0.475 96.475s 02:30P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 96.050 96.050 95.250 95.750 -0.325 95.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.100 -0.225 80.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 -0.225 73.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 231.900 234.875 231.500 234.100 2.225 234.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.900 230.325 227.400 229.425 1.575 229.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 227.300 229.450 226.775 228.800 1.400 228.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 227.500 229.175 226.800 228.525 1.125 228.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 227.525 228.975 226.975 228.550 1.150 228.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 219.625 221.000 219.075 220.675 1.025 220.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 214.800 215.850 214.175 215.700 0.800 215.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 213.350 213.975 212.500 213.825 0.650 213.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 213.825 213.900 213.825 213.900 0.550 213.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 213.000 0.425 213.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 351.000 354.575 349.575 354.000 2.125 353.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 346.000 349.850 344.350 348.775 2.225 348.375s 03:34P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 337.000 341.000 335.575 339.750 2.275 339.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 329.925 333.500 328.325 332.175 2.250 331.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 321.675 324.550 319.825 323.225 2.125 323.100s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 316.450 319.175 315.000 317.975 1.750 318.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.550 317.650 314.000 316.575 1.075 316.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 315.575 316.050 312.975 314.525 1.000 314.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 312.650 315.000 312.125 312.125 0.725 313.375s 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 54369.00 54884.00 54342.00 54555.00 226.00 54494.00s 04:45P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54810.00 55283.00 54760.00 54999.00 225.00 54912.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7772.00 7820.25 7745.75 7758.75 - 16.00 7749.50s 04:56P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7842.50 7888.25 7816.25 7827.75 - 16.50 7818.25s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29777.25 30074.00 29530.75 29600.25 - 248.50 29615.00s 04:55P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30116.50 30368.25 29838.25 29893.00 - 249.25 29915.00s 04:56P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.25 68.25 67.64 67.86 -0.43 67.75s 03:02P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.13 68.55 67.37 67.74 -0.48 67.72s 04:45P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.75 68.19 67.04 67.46 -0.40 67.42s 03:40P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.50 67.91 66.79 67.22 -0.35 67.17s 04:45P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.29 67.77 66.73 67.12 -0.30 67.11s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.16 67.58 66.63 67.04 -0.25 67.01s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.98 67.42 66.53 66.92 -0.22 66.91s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.71 67.10 66.32 66.71 -0.17 66.68s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 638'0 652'4 633'2 644'0 3'6 642'2s 04:45P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 656'0 671'2 652'0 662'4 4'0 661'2s 04:54P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 672'2 687'0 668'6 679'0 4'2 677'6s 03:40P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 680'2 693'0 675'6 686'6 5'0 685'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 677'0 688'6 672'6 685'4 7'0 684'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 678'4 693'6 678'4 691'2 8'2 690'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 691'6 703'4 691'0 703'2 8'6 702'6s 04:45P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 700'6 8'6 710'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 706'4 706'6 706'4 706'6 10'0 709'4s 01:30P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 64955.0 65035.0 64900.0 64900.0 - 180.0 65080.0 04:56P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 66437.5 65370.0 65435.0 65335.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 65080.0 64915.0 65640.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4130.0 4262.2 4129.5 4252.4 150.4 4245.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4088.6 4280.1 4078.8 4260.5 150.1 4257.6s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4104.5 4296.0 4092.0 4276.5 151.4 4273.3s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 62.450 62.450 62.250 62.250 2.043 62.099s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 59.785 63.020 59.620 62.255 2.043 62.288s 04:55P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 59.975 63.040 59.975 62.515 2.055 62.511s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 75.17 76.70 74.24 75.08 -0.55 75.22s 04:51P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 73.89 75.32 73.10 73.90 -0.35 74.05s 04:00P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 72.79 74.04 72.05 72.76 -0.21 72.94s 04:45P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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