July Nymex natural gas (NGN24) on Friday closed up by +0.097 (+3.44%). July nat-gas prices Friday climbed to a 2-week high and settled sharply higher. Forecasts for hotter US temperatures pushed nat-gas prices higher Friday. On Friday, the Commodity Weather Group said that forecasts shifted warmer for much of the central, southern, and western US from June 11-15, which will boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power air-conditioning usage. The outlook for warm summer temperatures in the US is a bullish factor for nat-gas prices. Last Tuesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) sa…