This is the third time in the last four months that the roll up the contango ladder has stuck, at least for a couple days/
The heat wave has come back with a vengence, here's the National Weather Service Cooling Degree Day forecast June 23 through 30:
COOLING DEGREE DAY DATA WEEKLY FORECAST
POPULATION-WEIGHTED STATE,REGIONAL,AND NATIONAL AVERAGES
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER-NCEP-NWS-NOAA
LAST DATE OF FORECAST WEEK IS JUN 30, 2012
LAST DATE OF OBSERVED WEEKLY LAST YR IS JUN 30, 2011
SEASONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE FROM JAN 1, 2012 TO JUN 23, 2012
-999 = NORMAL LESS THAN 100 OR RATIO INCALCULABLE
STATE FCST FCST FCST **** OBSERVED SEASONAL ****
WEEK WEEK WEEK **** ACCUMULATIONS ****
TOTAL DEV DEV TOTAL DEV DEV DEV DEV
FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM FROM
NORM L YR NORM L YR NORM L YR
PRCT PRCT
2000 CDD normals implemented 1/1/2003
ALABAMA 111 18 12 721 201 -31 39 -4
ARIZONA 166 26 -2 1016 206 176 25 21
ARKANSAS 113 18 -13 736 287 58 64 9
CALIFORNIA 21 -19 5 72 -111 16 -61 29
COLORADO 76 56 40 117 77 68 -999 -999
CONNECTICUT 69 34 37 97 20 -9 -999 -999
DELAWARE 78 14 8 346 146 -61 73 -15
FLORIDA 118 3 3 1458 231 -38 19 -3
GEORGIA 101 13 2 621 155 -81 33 -12
IDAHO 33 7 4 114 56 75 -999 -999
ILLINOIS 65 11 28 339 136 98 67 41
INDIANA 63 8 27 309 94 33 44 12
IOWA 88 34 41 329 128 69 64 27
KANSAS 122 38 9 537 218 71 68 15
KENTUCKY 81 14 31 420 143 6 52 1
LOUISIANA 127 13 -5 1191 363 37 44 3
MAINE 20 7 10 31 15 12 -999 -999
MARYLAND 66 4 2 279 78 -65 39 -19
MASSACHUSETTS 57 29 31 76 23 -11 -999 -999
MICHIGAN 47 11 27 195 74 38 61 24
MINNESOTA 52 20 16 190 79 77 71 68
MISSISSIPPI 111 8 0 742 131 -25 21 -3
MISSOURI 95 22 20 484 197 84 69 21
MONTANA 41 26 25 57 29 40 -999 -999
NEBRASKA 126 62 63 397 169 138 74 53
NEVADA 110 10 6 645 161 265 33 70
NEW HAMPSHIRE 29 10 13 72 35 1 -999 -999
NEW JERSEY 69 21 16 192 66 -24 52 -11
NEW MEXICO 94 35 3 346 141 60 69 21
NEW YORK 51 14 20 140 46 5 -999 -999
NORTH CAROLINA 92 14 -11 493 159 -113 48 -19
NORTH DAKOTA 49 20 10 124 29 61 -999 -999
OHIO 58 13 29 266 102 34 62 15
OKLAHOMA 123 22 -26 720 269 -17 60 -2
OREGON 10 -1 0 37 19 18 -999 -999
PENNSYLVANIA 50 9 21 176 53 -31 43 -15
RHODE ISLAND 41 14 19 68 22 4 -999 -999
SOUTH CAROLINA 102 8 -11 634 144 -110 29 -15
SOUTH DAKOTA 73 26 26 217 70 109 48 101
TENNESSEE 89 14 16 500 169 -26 51 -5
TEXAS 141 23 -8 1179 348 -72 42 -6
UTAH 60 20 16 172 68 127 65 282
VERMONT 21 4 11 69 32 17 -999 -999
VIRGINIA 79 16 5 347 130 -81 60 -19
WASHINGTON 10 1 4 20 1 8 -999 -999
WEST VIRGINIA 59 13 23 271 109 -2 67 -1
WISCONSIN 49 17 31 182 81 90 80 98
WYOMING 56 36 32 69 29 55 -999 -999
REGION
NEW ENGLAND 51 26 27 76 32 -5 -999 -999
MIDDLE ATLANTIC 55 15 19 162 62 -12 62 -7
E N CENTRAL 57 12 28 266 112 59 73 29
W N CENTRAL 87 29 24 362 154 83 74 30
SOUTH ATLANTIC 96 9 1 768 175 -70 30 -8
E S CENTRAL 97 14 16 579 173 -20 43 -3
W S CENTRAL 135 21 -10 1093 348 -39 47 -3
MOUNTAIN 100 33 14 454 148 125 48 38
PACIFIC 19 -13 4 62 -63 15 -50 32
UNITED STATES 74 12 12 434 120 5 38 1
