NEW YORK (AP) - Gas prices fluctuated over the weekend but appear poised to move toward a record high milestone of $3.50 a gallon. Forecasts call for gas to peak as high as $3.65 within a month.
Oil prices, meanwhile, rose to within a dollar of last week's record of $112.21 a barrel as the dollar fell and oil supplies were disrupted in the U.S. and overseas.
At the pump, the national average price of a gallon of gas edged lower overnight to $3.373 a gallon, 0.1 cent shy of a new record set yesterday. That's according to a survey of stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
The Energy Department recently predicted gas prices could average as much as $3.60 a month this summer, and said the daily national average could rise as high as $4 at times. Prices are already over $4 in some parts of the country.
A growing number of analysts, however, don't believe the national average will rise that high unless something unanticipated occurs.
______________________________Here in Central New York, these are some of the latest figures from local gas stations (unleaded prices):
KWIK FILL (3331 S. Salina St.) $3.409
HESS (400 Erie Blvd. E) $3.419
DELTA SONIC (3439 Erie Blvd. E) $3.429
SUNOCO (200 N State St.) $3.459
CITGO (1825 Teall Ave.) $3.459
VALERO (1131 N. Salina St.) $3.499
MOBIL (6325 Thompson Rd.) $3.519
To find the cheapest gas in your area, use either this application through mapquest.com, or here on the AAA website.
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