Punxsutawney Phil has made his prediction.
The weather-prognosticating groundhog got here out of his burrow at Gobbler’s Knob at daybreak Thursday and noticed his shadow, which means six extra weeks of winter, in line with legend.
His prediction matched that of Patty Pagoda’s, who emerged atop Mount Penn and noticed her shadow.
Phil’s “inside circle” summoned him from his tree stump in entrance of a crowd of 1000’s. The “inside circle” is a gaggle of native dignitaries who’re liable for planning the occasions, in addition to feeding and caring for Phil himself.
Festivities started nicely earlier than daybreak in western Pennsylvania, regardless of temps within the teenagers.
In our space, it’ll actually nonetheless really feel like winter this weekend, with an arctic blast of air conserving temps within the teenagers and single digits in a single day Friday, with sub-zero wind chills late. However, it has been a light January, and our 69 Information meteorologists predict extra warmer-than-average temps by means of not less than mid-February.