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Prices are ticking up every single day elsewhere. fox business network's stu varney joins us with the forecast for the days and weeks ahead. stu, you've been warning about this and boy, we've seen such a jump just in the past days and weeks in many of our major u.s. cities. >> reporter: yes, there has an sudden surge in the price of gasoline and it is happening right now. give you a couple of examples: in cincinnati, the price of regular unleaded has gone up 17 cents a gallon in the past week. in los angeles, it is up 20 cents a gallon in one week. -- one week. that wencery are paying the high...

We're seeing right now, $120 or something in europe, that won't hit the pump for a good 30 or 45 days so we're going to see gas prices rising for a long time. >> i think so. it looks like $4 as the national average is definitely on the horizon. it's already arrived in california. the average for all gas stations in california, regular unleaded is now $4.03 a gallon. here we come. we're heading to $4. >> sure, so we're heading to $4. let's give folks at home a little historical perspective. when barack obama was president of the united states for the first day, the gas at the pump there in wash...

Snow on the ground. not seeing that cold blanket of snow helping to cool the air that comes across it. so not a lot of snow in the forecast either for the next few weeks. >> and alas, alexandra, it is just the beginning of winter. >> that's right. a lot of winter left. we could cool down. >> ground hog day, february 2nd. then we'll really know how much winter is left. that's what i base my forecast on. >> all right. not me. >> of course not. get ready for a shock at the gas pump. prices up nearly 30 cents from a year ago. a look at today's average price only tells part ever the story. 3:37 f...

Lot more to fill up your cars this year. that's the word from analysts who say the price of gas is now at an all-time high for this point in any year. circle a reports the current national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is 3.35. twenty-seven cents higher than this same time last year when prices hit a record. let's go state by state now. hawaii, 4.03 already. alaska, 3.87. california on average, 3.67. here in new york, 3.61. keep in mind, in a few months, refineries will switch over to that more expensive summer blend. that's when the experts warn gas could easily top the all-time re...

That's the word from analysts who say the price of gas is now at an all-time high for this point in any year. circle a reports the current national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is 3.35. twenty-seven cents higher than this same time last year when prices hit a record. let's go state by state now. hawaii, 4.03 already. alaska, 3.87. california on average, 3.67. here in new york, 3.61. keep in mind, in a few months, refineries will switch over to that more expensive summer blend. that's when the experts warn gas could easily top the all-time record of 4.11 national average. that was s...