December Natural gas futures edged up on Wednesday, led higher by steadily solid liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes and weather forecasts that shifted cooler.

The December Nymex contract rose 2.0 cents day/day and settled at $2.712/MMBtu. January, however, traded sideways most of the day and closed down six-tenths of a cent at $2.838.

NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. declined 37.5 cents to $2.170 as cold air moved out of the Upper Midwest, and rising production combined with expectations for higher temperatures weighed on prices in the Northeast.

Though temperatures are projected to rise the second half of this week and remain elevated into next week across much of the country, forecasts Wednesday called for bouts of cold air for much of the northern half of the nation in the...