The chance of it turning north to Louisiana is getting slimmer.

There will be some volatility to the market, but barring any other major disruptions, I think we’ll continue to head lower in prices.

The commercial sector is starting to realize that weather can’t be an excuse for financial losses anymore.

Natural gas prices will be bad as well, we shouldn’t expect prices to go back down significantly.

Prices could remain at or above $38 for the next one to two years.

That opened the market to smaller lot energy traders and even grain traders.

With March being the last month of serious withdrawals, we are expected to end the season at record levels.

The elephant in the room is storage right now. Despite the expected return of colder temperatures, traders see the record high storage.

Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation.

We have fared well despite the significant losses in Gulf production.

The biggest story of the year is clearly the record-breaking hurricane season.

The six- to 10-day forecasts are colder than average, and we’re seeing more cold air behind it. It’s going to be very bullish for gas, and we may see a really strong rally.

Traders are essentially writing off this winter season and are now focusing on the summer, which will need the additional storage to offset an active hurricane season.

You have a transition to a warming trend. Because it’s switched to warmer weather, we’ve seen the weather markets sell off and of course, the natural-gas markets sell off as well.

Gas is still taking a lot of direction from the crude market.

Prices are being pushed lower ahead of Thursday’s storage report.

A lot of funds are short natural gas so they amplified the downside move. Then, the bounce was on some short covering — classic speculative volatility.

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There’s been tremendous growth in the weather market, driven by funds that are participating in cross-commodity activity.

What wasn’t hit by Katrina is being targeted by Rita. The market is taking the storm very seriously.