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Coming out with a much different forecast than some of its peers, WSI Corp.’s seasonal outlook for September-November calls for warmer-than-normal temperatures in all locations except for parts of the northern Plains and Great Lakes, with the warmest temperatures relative to normal expected in the Southwest.

While taking somewhat different sides regarding what areas of the country will be warm over the next few months, forecasting firms Weather 2000 and AccuWeather Inc. agree that the Southeast and South Central areas of the United States probably are in for an active September as far as tropical storm/hurricane activity is concerned.

Comparing the current natural gas supply and pricing situation to the one experienced nearly two years ago, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) said it is not likely that history will repeat itself with prices falling below $3/MMBtu like they did during the earlier time frame.

Comparing the current natural gas supply and pricing situation to the one experienced nearly two years ago, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) said it is not likely that history will repeat itself with prices falling below $3/MMBtu like they did during the earlier time frame.

Concluding “Let’s talk about the Weather Week,” WSI Corp. and New York-based Weather 2000 chimed in Friday with their takes on what Mother Nature has in store for the Lower 48 over the next three months. While Weather 2000’s forecast tended to trend with forecasts released by Salomon Smith Barney and the National Weather Service for colder than normal weather through much of the country except the West, WSI’s differed in seeing warmer than normal temps across the northern tier.

Liquidity at the citygates has become a problem for industrial buyers with the disappearance of large trading companies, and the middleman buyer for Ford Motor, General Electric and DaimlerChyrsler, among others, is going back to the field for his supplies.

Liquidity at the citygates has become a problem for industrial buyers with the disappearance of large trading companies, and the middleman buyer for Ford Motor, General Electric and DaimlerChyrsler, among others, is going back to the field for his supplies.

The method used by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to compute maximum working gas in U.S. storage is different from that of its predecessor, the American Gas Association (AGA), and yields conflicting results, with the EIA’s estimate of full working gas levels much higher than AGA’s, the Department of Energy (DOE) agency said in a report last week.

The method used by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to compute U.S. maximum working gas in storage is different from that of its predecessor, the American Gas Association (AGA), and yields conflicting calculations, with the EIA’s estimate of full working gas levels much higher than AGA’s, the Department of Energy (DOE) agency said in a report this week..