Natural gas futures slid Friday, falling for the second straight session, as weather forecasts projected above-normal temperatures in the Northeast U.S. in the next few weeks, potentially reducing demand for the heating fuel. Natural gas for March delivery settled 6.8 cents lower, or 1.4%, to $4.943 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Over the past two trading days, Nymex gas plunged roughly 11% after reaching a four-year high. Even with the steep decline, natural gas futures still soared 17% in January and posted their largest monthly percentage gain since September 2012. The sharp volatility underscores fears that natural gas supplies have dwindled as utilities pull near-record amounts of the fuel to meet […]