-Natural gas dipped lower Wednesday as adjusted weather forecasts for next week called for more moderate temperatures than previously expected, which could lower demand for the heating fuel. Natural gas for January delivery settled down 3.6 cents, or 0.8%, at $4.251 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices ticked higher Wednesday morning on calls for continued cold weather but weakened after a midday government forecast shifted to predict milder temperatures next week. Cold weather is bullish for natural gas, because it suggests stronger demand for gas-powered heating in homes and offices. “The warmer trends were pretty much nationwide,” said Bradley Harvey, meteorologist for private forecaster MDA Weather Services, of the […]