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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Rain Rain Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
Weather Rain Rain Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
Temp
L/H (°F)		 47/66 45/61 42/64 45/63 46/73
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 43/66 39/61 38/64 41/63 44/73
Dew Point
(°F)		 47 42 39 43 47
Humidity
(%)		 59 61 49 62 54
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 9 10 11 9 7
Precip
 (%)		 67 48 - - -
Precip
Amt (in.)
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0.12		 Rain
0.08		 None None None
Evap
(in./day)		 0.14 0.13 0.16 0.13 0.17
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 59oF Feels Like: 59oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 59oF
Barom: 29.76 Wind Dir: SW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:01 Sunset: 8:05
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 9:00 PM
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Still More Showers Friday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
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Friday
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High: 66°F
Low: 47°F
Precip: 67%		 High: 61°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 464'4 464'4 464'2 464'2 0'0 464'2 09:28P Chart for @C5K Options for @C5K
Jul 25 472'2 473'2 471'4 472'4 0'2 472'2 09:29P Chart for @C5N Options for @C5N
Sep 25 438'0 438'4 437'4 438'4 1'2 437'2 09:29P Chart for @C5U Options for @C5U
Dec 25 447'2 448'4 447'2 448'4 1'2 447'2 09:29P Chart for @C5Z Options for @C5Z
Mar 26 461'6 462'6 461'4 462'6 1'0 461'6 09:29P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 471'0 471'4 470'4 471'2 0'2 471'0 09:29P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 476'4 477'2 476'2 477'0 0'2 476'6 09:29P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 461'4 0'0 460'6 09:29P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 462'6 463'6 462'6 463'6 0'0 463'6 09:28P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 1039'4 1039'4 1039'4 1039'4 -0'6 1040'2 09:28P Chart for @S5K Options for @S5K
Jul 25 1050'2 1055'0 1050'0 1054'6 4'4 1050'2 09:29P Chart for @S5N Options for @S5N
Aug 25 1045'4 1049'4 1044'6 1049'2 5'0 1044'2 09:29P Chart for @S5Q Options for @S5Q
Sep 25 1020'6 1026'2 1020'6 1026'2 5'4 1020'6 09:29P Chart for @S5U Options for @S5U
Nov 25 1024'2 1029'4 1024'0 1029'2 5'2 1024'0 09:28P Chart for @S5X Options for @S5X
Jan 26 1036'0 1041'0 1035'6 1040'6 5'0 1035'6 09:29P Chart for @S6F Options for @S6F
Mar 26 1040'4 1045'0 1040'0 1044'4 4'4 1040'0 09:29P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1047'4 1051'2 1047'4 1051'2 3'6 1047'4 09:29P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1055'4 1059'2 1055'4 1059'2 3'6 1055'4 09:27P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 2869 4 2865 09:27P Chart for @SM5K Options for @SM5K
Jul 25 2943 2950 2941 2949 6 2943 09:27P Chart for @SM5N Options for @SM5N
Aug 25 2970 2974 2965 2973 7 2966 09:27P Chart for @SM5Q Options for @SM5Q
Sep 25 2983 2986 2980 2981 2981 09:26P Chart for @SM5U Options for @SM5U
Oct 25 2994 2994 2985 2986 1 2985 09:27P Chart for @SM5V Options for @SM5V
Dec 25 3025 3025 3015 3023 6 3017 09:27P Chart for @SM5Z Options for @SM5Z
Jan 26 3036 3042 3035 3042 6 3036 09:27P Chart for @SM6F Options for @SM6F
Mar 26 3058 3058 3058 3058 5 3053 09:27P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3078 3080 3078 3080 3 3077 09:27P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 91.550 92.650 91.450 92.400 0.475 92.400s 03:27P Chart for @HE5K Options for @HE5K
Jun 25 98.000 98.900 97.425 98.175 -0.100 98.175s 02:31P Chart for @HE5M Options for @HE5M
Jul 25 98.525 99.250 97.975 98.925 0.325 98.925s 02:31P Chart for @HE5N Options for @HE5N
Aug 25 96.750 97.675 96.675 97.350 0.175 97.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE5Q Options for @HE5Q
Oct 25 82.150 82.600 81.775 82.400 0.325 82.425s 02:30P Chart for @HE5V Options for @HE5V
Dec 25 75.650 75.925 75.225 75.850 0.325 75.875s 02:30P Chart for @HE5Z Options for @HE5Z
Feb 26 79.500 79.825 78.925 79.650 0.100 79.750s 02:30P Chart for @HE6G Options for @HE6G
Apr 26 83.825 83.875 82.925 83.675 -0.125 83.800s 02:35P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 25 210.500 210.700 208.325 209.600 1.250 209.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE5M Options for @LE5M
Aug 25 205.525 206.000 203.275 204.425 0.600 204.650s 02:30P Chart for @LE5Q Options for @LE5Q
Oct 25 203.350 203.675 200.875 201.925 0.275 202.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE5V Options for @LE5V
Dec 25 203.250 203.525 200.875 201.925 0.200 202.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE5Z Options for @LE5Z
Feb 26 203.900 204.250 201.750 202.500 - 0.075 202.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 204.025 204.500 202.100 202.800 - 0.325 203.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 197.850 197.900 195.775 196.275 - 0.575 196.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 195.000 195.200 193.100 193.650 - 0.775 193.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 294.825 295.275 291.650 293.050 0.650 293.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF5K Options for @GF5K
Aug 25 297.125 297.550 292.600 294.325 - 0.575 294.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF5Q Options for @GF5Q
Sep 25 296.050 296.225 291.225 292.625 - 0.950 292.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF5U Options for @GF5U
Oct 25 293.875 294.125 289.150 290.350 - 1.225 290.600s 02:31P Chart for @GF5V Options for @GF5V
Nov 25 291.075 291.375 286.575 287.775 - 1.325 287.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF5X Options for @GF5X
Jan 26 286.000 286.300 281.900 282.675 - 1.525 282.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6F Options for @GF6F
Mar 26 283.650 283.650 279.600 280.250 - 1.575 280.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 279.750 280.700 279.750 280.450 - 1.375 280.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 25 40820.00 41256.00 40766.00 41210.00 355.00 40855.00 09:28P Chart for @YM5M Options for @YM5M
Sep 25 41116.00 41521.00 41090.00 41469.00 341.00 41128.00 09:28P Chart for @YM5U Options for @YM5U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 25 5608.50 5672.50 5601.00 5664.75 41.50 5623.25 09:29P Chart for @ES5M Options for @ES5M
Sep 25 5652.75 5719.00 5646.00 5708.00 38.75 5669.25 09:28P Chart for @ES5U Options for @ES5U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 25 19782.50 19981.25 19749.50 19951.25 80.50 19870.75 09:28P Chart for @NQ5M Options for @NQ5M
Sep 25 19977.25 20162.00 19940.00 20129.00 69.75 20059.25 09:28P Chart for @NQ5U Options for @NQ5U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 49.38 49.38 49.38 49.38 0.02 49.36 09:27P Chart for @BO5K Options for @BO5K
Jul 25 49.85 49.97 49.61 49.95 0.25 49.70 09:28P Chart for @BO5N Options for @BO5N
Aug 25 49.80 49.93 49.66 49.93 0.24 49.69 09:27P Chart for @BO5Q Options for @BO5Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 519'6 0'0 515'2 09:24P Chart for @W5K Options for @W5K
Jul 25 530'6 534'2 530'4 533'6 2'6 531'0 09:28P Chart for @W5N Options for @W5N
Sep 25 545'2 548'4 545'0 548'2 3'0 545'2 09:28P Chart for @W5U Options for @W5U
Dec 25 569'4 571'4 568'0 571'2 3'0 568'2 09:28P Chart for @W5Z Options for @W5Z
Mar 26 589'4 590'6 587'6 590'4 2'4 588'0 09:28P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 596'6 600'4 596'6 600'0 1'2 598'6 09:28P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 606'0 606'0 606'0 606'0 1'4 604'4 09:28P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 617'6 0'0 616'2 09:28P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 632'2 0'0 631'6 09:25P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
@KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 517'4 521'6 513'0 521'2 1'6 516'0s 09:28P Chart for @KW5K Options for @KW5K
Jul 25 529'0 530'2 527'4 529'4 2'0 527'4 09:27P Chart for @KW5N Options for @KW5N
Sep 25 545'2 545'2 542'0 544'2 2'2 542'0 09:28P Chart for @KW5U Options for @KW5U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 97245.0 97925.0 96885.0 97680.0 475.0 97205.0 09:28P Chart for @BTC5K Options for @BTC5K
Jun 25 97730.0 97910.0 97610.0 97910.0 80.0 97830.0 09:28P Chart for @BTC5M Options for @BTC5M
Jul 25 98355.0 98420.0 Chart for @BTC5N Options for @BTC5N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 25 3239.9 3239.9 3239.7 3239.7 29.7 3210.0 09:28P Chart for QGC5K Options for QGC5K
Jun 25 3247.6 3256.0 3234.5 3254.8 32.6 3222.2 09:28P Chart for QGC5M Options for QGC5M
Jul 25 3261.6 3268.9 3253.8 3266.7 31.0 3235.7 09:27P Chart for QGC5N Options for QGC5N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 25 58.99 59.84 58.73 59.82 0.58 59.24 09:28P Chart for QCL5M Options for QCL5M
Jul 25 58.40 59.27 58.20 59.25 0.57 58.68 09:28P Chart for QCL5N Options for QCL5N
Aug 25 57.97 58.78 57.78 58.78 0.54 58.24 09:28P Chart for QCL5Q Options for QCL5Q
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