The prospect of late-month chills, particularly for western and northern portions of the Lower 48, helped rally natural gas forward prices at several regional hubs during the Feb. 9-15 trading period, NGI’s Forward Look data show.

In the West, the perennially constrained SoCal Citygate led the surge higher, with March fixed prices swelling $1.178 week/week to $5.332/MMBtu. Other western markets also saw notable gains, including Malin, where March fixed prices jumped 66.6 cents to end the period at $3.755.

The latest 11- to 15-day forecast from Maxar’s Weather Desk Thursday was colder-trending, with frigid temperatures focused in the western and central Lower 48.

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