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By MATTHEW CAPPUCCI | The Washington Post | Published: February 2, 2021 Don t stow your winter hat and jacket quite yet. The groundhog spotted his shadow in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Tuesday morning, portending six more weeks of winter if you trust a rodent for your forecast. Folklore has it that more snow and cold should be in the offing, with chilly temperatures lingering into spring as Old Man Winter refuses to pack up shop. Only if Punxsutawney Phil basks in the morning light without seeing his shadow does spring make an early appearance. The groundhog emerged at Gobbler s Knob at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday to issue his forecast but without a crowd for the first time in memory due to the coronavirus pandemic. Light snow was falling amid temperatures in the 20s.
Updated: 2:36 PM CST February 2, 2021
Happy Groundhog Day!
Today is the day that people rely on Punxsutawney Phil to predict the weather for the next six weeks. If he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter, meanwhile if he doesn t see his shadow, there will be an early spring.
This morning Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning he is predicting there will be six more weeks of winter.
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But how accurate is he? And does that really mean there is six more weeks of winter in Arkansas?
Technically no, this does not necessarily mean Arkansas will have six more weeks of winter.
Metro Detroit and the eastern half of Michigan could be colder than usual this month, according to the National Weather Service s Climate Prediction Center.
The College Park, Md.-based division of the weather service estimates in its 8-14 day outlook that there s a 60 percent chance temperatures in Detroit and eastern Michigan will be below normal. It looks like we re predicting below normal temperatures, at least for the next two weeks, said Megan Varcie, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in White Lake Township. It looks like weeks 3 and 4 will also be below normal.
Detroit s average monthly high temperature for February is 35.2 degrees, according to weather service data. Its average monthly low temperature is 21.0 degrees.
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