1024 ET - U.S. natural gas futures are higher for a third straight session. "Nymex natural gas continues to find support from production weakness and searing late-season Western heat," Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note. Weather support may slip in the near term with the demand from cool Northeast weather and heat in the West set to fade, along with risk of a tropical storm developing in the Gulf, he adds. Natural gas for November delivery is up 1.9% at $3.124/mmBtu.