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The Gulf Coast of Texas is about 3,000 kilometres away, but we’re feeling Hurricane Harvey here.

And it could get even worse by the long weekend.

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The price of gasoline has jumped considerably in Ottawa, and it will likely go higher as Harvey hits Gulf Coast oil refineries, according to analyst Dan McTeague.

As of Wednesday morning, motorists were reporting that a string of local stations were selling gas at 115.9 cents a litre — with one Vanier outlier charging 117.9 cents, according to ottawagasprices.com.

Most stations were reporting in the 114.8-116-cents range.

McTeague had taken to Twitter on Tuesday to predict prices would rise two cents a litre Wednesday and three cents Thursday. He also predicted that retailers would use the two cent a litre increase in wholesale costs to restore 10-cents-a-litre operating margins — something consumers at the pump might call profiteering.

On Wednesday, he added that another hike could be on the horizon for Friday — just as people hit the road for the Labour Day weekend.