With former Hurricane Isaias in the rearview mirror and hot weather back in the near-term and long-range forecasts, natural gas futures quickly recouped Thursday’s losses, and then some. The September Nymex gas futures contract settled Friday at $2.238, up 7.3 cents. October climbed 7.1 cents to $2.376.

Evening markets

Spot gas prices were mostly lower outside of the Northeast, where power restoration efforts continued in the wake of the East Coast storm. NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. slipped 3.5 cents to $1.795.

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH) analysts viewed the past week’s natural gas roller coaster ride as being “commonplace” for the next couple of months, with significant volatility expected as the United States manages storage risks.

“As we see it, the market is caught...