punxsutawney phil groundhog
- On the heels of a relatively warm fall we underwent winter's full force replete with staccato blasts of snow and ice, including January's walloping 30-inch blizzard. How fleeting this winter will be remains to be seen although last month the meteorological prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil declared a forthcoming early spring. Fooled into making an early appearance around the holidays, the daffodils' premature green shoots have struggled under blankets of snow.
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At 7:20 a.m. Saturday Punxsutawney Phil will leave his burrow at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., for the 123rd time and prognosticate how much longer winter will last. - Maryland Zoo's spotted leopard predicts early spring
- Spring-like conditions unusual but not record-breaking
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