# Winter Preview Part 2: Demand a Critical Component of South Central Landscape

> A winter outlook reports historically low US natural gas storage alongside rising unconventional output. AccuWeather expects an El Niño pattern to bring cold, snow and ice threats to the Southeast, Tennessee Valley and Gulf Coast, and a delay of two Mexican pipelines is expected to constrain Permian Basin takeaway.

- Date: 2018-11-02 · published 2018-11-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6491-winter-preview-part-2-demand-a-critical-component-of-south-central-landscape
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Colder conditions in key demand regions combined with low storage and constrained Permian takeaway could tighten supply and lift prices in winter.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2022-12-08 | [European Natural Gas Prices Surge as Winter Blast Stokes Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11510-european-natural-gas-prices-surge-as-winter-blast-stokes-demand.md) | +27.9% | -29.6% |
| NATGAS | 2022-01-28 | [Natural gas futures surge as powerful winter storm looms – KION Central Coast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6918-natural-gas-futures-surge-as-powerful-winter-storm-looms-kion-central-coast.md) | +1.4% | -13.6% |
| NATGAS | 2021-10-25 | [U.S. natural gas prices soar 10% as cold winter forecasts develop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11757-u-s-natural-gas-prices-soar-10-as-cold-winter-forecasts-develop.md) | +5.2% | -4.0% |
| NATGAS | 2016-11-02 | [Why natural gas supply will be crucial in preventing winter power outages \| Utility Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9179-why-natural-gas-supply-will-be-crucial-in-preventing-winter-power-outages.md) | -8.4% | +16.8% |
| NATGAS | 2022-01-26 | [U.S. Natural Gas Prices Jump On High Demand \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6916-u-s-natural-gas-prices-jump-on-high-demand-oilprice-com.md) | +22.7% | +11.1% |

## Sources

- naturalgasintel.com: https://naturalgasintel.com/news/winter-preview-part-2-demand-a-critical-component-of-south-central-landscape/

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