Punxsutawney Phil has spoken: The weather-predicting rodent could not find his shadow which means that we're in for an early spring.
The results are in: On Groundhog Day 2019, Punxsutawney Phil could not find his shadow. And as the legend goes,The Pennsylvania groundhog isn't the only weather-predicting rodent in this quirky American tradition, but he is the most famous.This is only the 20th time out of 123 in his recorded history that Phil hasn't been able to find his shadow.
Even so, Phil is usually wrong, and meteorologists aren't too sure Phil's suspicions are right either. It's hard to imagine that spring is right around the corner after the vicious cold front this past week, but we'll just have to wait and see.The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle — a group that organizes the event and cares for groundhog Phil — brought Punxsutawney Phil out of his den in front of a large crowd as cameras beamed his image around the world.
They reported that Phil communicated in"groundhogese" that he could not find his shadow. According to legend, that means there will be an early spring. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club traces the tradition's roots back to Candlemas Day in Europe – the Christian"festival of lights" that falls on Feb. 2, midway between the start and end of winter.If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring.
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