Diesel futures rose as snow and another winter storm heads from the U.S. Midwest into the Northeast, increasing demand for heating fuel. There’s at least a 30 percent chance for 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow in New York from late March 2 to 3, the National Weather Service said. East Coast inventories of distillates, which include heating oil and diesel, were 46 percent below the five-year average as of Feb. 21, Energy Information Administration data show. “A good portion of the Northeast from the Upper Lakes, Ohio Valley up through New England are going to get pounded,” said Stephen Schork , president of the Schork Group Inc., an energy advisory company in Villanova, Pennsylvania . Ultra low sulfur diesel for March delivery rose 0.44 cent to $3.0909 a gallon at 11:05 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange on volume that was 12 percent below the 100-day average. […]