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Groundhog Day Puts Punxsutawney Phil’s Forecast About Winter’s Length in the Spotlight
About 40,000 attendees will watch Punxsutawney Phil's prediction at Gobbler's Knob, where cloudy skies make an early spring forecast more likely, according to meteorologists.
- Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, will have its forecast announced today by Punxsutawney Groundhog Club handlers, indicating whether winter continues or spring arrives early.
- Rooted in the Celtic calendar and Candlemas, the ritual stems from ancient farming traditions that marked winter's midpoint, according to handlers.
- Interpreting Phil's emergence, Punxsutawney Groundhog Club handlers say they read Phil's 'groundhogese'—winks, purrs, chatters and nods—while the shadow sighting rule signals six more weeks of winter or early spring.
- Ahead of today's announcement, tens of thousands attend the annual ritual at Gobbler’s Knob in rural Pennsylvania, where last year's forecast predicted six more weeks of winter.
- Punxsutawney's festivities, boosted by the 1993 film 'Groundhog Day,' increased national attention; Groundhog Day events in the U.S. and Canada also feature other animals consulted for forecasts.
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