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Groundhog Day Forecast

By Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum
Source: Punxsutawney Phil, AP
Updated: February 2, 2010 6:56 AM

The groundhog has spoken. And it's bad news.  Punxsutawney Phil has emerged to see his shadow before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will
last another six weeks.

German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 - the Christian holiday of Candlemas - winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring
will come early.

The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club annually announces Phil's forecast at dawn on Gobbler's Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Phil's announcement came before hundreds of onlookers who huddled as temperatures hovered in the teens.

The Groundhog Club says since 1887 Phil has predicted more winter weather by seeing his shadow nearly 100 times, but there are no records for nine years.

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