Gas prices continue to climb

The price at the pump continues to climb and it's not showing any signs of stopping.

AAA reports the average price of a gallon of regular in the Philadelphia region is $2.37. That's up 14 cents in the last week alone.

In Delaware, drivers are paying $2.16. And in South Jersey the average is $1.98.

And the increases aren't just here, they are coast to coast.

"No reason for it. Everyone was happy. Gas was going down, everybody got excited," says Scott Kellmer.

At the pump, consumers like Kellmer are irate. Big Oil giveth, then taketh away.

The price to fill the gas tank is on the rise after more than three months of pump prices plummeting to joyous lows.

The price for regular has jumped 12 cents in the last week, and those of moderate incomes are feeling it.

Gwendolyn Lee of Northeast Philadelphia says, "That's horrible... it stayed low for a minute. That's why I don't understand why it's going back up high again... I didn't think it was going to stay that low forever. But I didn't think it was going to come up as fast as it did."

Why are they going back up?

Jana Tidwell from Mid-Atlantic AAA explains, "That's primarily due to the fact that crude oil has reversed course. We saw it bottom out in the mid-$40 per barrel range. And now we're back up above $50 per barrel."

The experts expect to see prices to rise 30 to 50 cents a gallon as we head towards spring.

Most with whom we spoke today knew the good old days of November, December and January were not going to last forever.

And how high will it go?

Tidwell says, "It's likely that we won't see gas prices spike above $3 at the national level in 2015."

But beware of those crude oil prices. Will hurricane season be kind and mild? And there's always geopolitical tension that keeps us on edge.