Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction

Punxsutawney Phil&winter weather forecast is in! The groundhog has predicted we will have an early spring this year. Phil&meteorological prediction was announce just after sunrise Friday in Gobbler&Knob, the scene of the largest and best known Groundhog Day celebration in the United States. The annual event is a tongue-in-cheek ritual in which Phil&handlers, members of a club with roots in the late 19th century, reveal whether the groundhog has seen his shadow — ushering in six more weeks of winter weather — or hasn&presaging early springlike weather. About 10,000 people have made their way in recent years to Punxsutawney, where festivities begin in the dead of night and culminate in the midwinter forecast. A bundled-up crowd, some wearing groundhog-themed hats, watched musical performances and fireworks as they waited for sunrise and the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil.