UPDATE 1-U.S. natgas futures little changed after less cold forecasts

(Adds latest prices) Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures ended little changed on Wednesday as the latest forecasts for less cold weather over the next two weeks offset forecasts earlier in the day calling for more cold during that time. On its last day as the front-month, February futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed up 0.9 cents, or 0.41 percent, at $2.189 per million British thermal units. That was the seventh day in a row that the front-month traded withi