Losses of up to a dime at several scattered points, primarily in Appalachia and the Gulf Coast, kept price advances from running the board Monday. Predictions of above-normal temperatures this week in the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. and buzz about the possibility of a disturbance moving toward southern Florida from the Bahamas strengthening and getting into the Gulf of Mexico were the chief market boosters.

A large majority of points ranged from flat to up a little more than $1.35. The resurgent Rockies were home to all of the largest gains of a little less than 90 cents or greater. Otherwise the upticks were capped at around 35 cents.

Major cooling load remained elusive for the cash market, but the western South is starting to see high temperatures top 90 degrees again. And parts of the Rockies, Pacific Northwest and Western Canada are getting cold enough at night to generate some heating demand.

November futures had moderately negative guidance for Monday’s cash trading in falling just shy of a nickel Friday. The Tuesday cash market will have considerably more support from a screen gain of 18 cents Monday.

The PG&E citygate, which managed to rise 7 cents Friday despite issuance of a high-inventory OFO on the utility’s California Gas Transmission system, tacked on another 15 cents or so Monday after the OFO was lifted Sunday.

According to a Reuters news report, the National Hurricane Center said the system moving toward Florida could become a subtropical storm within the next day or two. For now, though, its primary effect is delivering wet, windy weather to the Florida peninsula.

As expected, Tropical Storm Karen was unable to avoid the effects of wind shear over the weekend and had broken down to remnants drifting northwestward Monday. Tropical Depression 14 managed to become Tropical Storm Melissa in the mid-Atlantic but was also the victim of wind shear. Neither was considered likely to redevelop.

The market will “absolutely” see higher cash prices again Tuesday, said a Texas-based marketer who cited the futures strength as the main reason. He said he would have to assume that the screen, which was in the red early Monday, got turned around by news of the potential tropical storm off Florida.

The Chicago citygate, which rose about 20 cents, got a boost from a 300 MMcf/d cutback on Alliance due to unexpected compressor station maintenance, the marketer said, which restricted the amount of supply available at the citygate. No Authorized Overrun service was available on Alliance, he added. Some of his company’s producer suppliers affected by the Alliance cuts were able to work around it Friday by scrambling for other gas, but he didn’t know what they did over the weekend.

Midcontinent prices were strong all around, a producer said, but were falling back a few cents in late trading.

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