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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #25 on: November 14, 2011, 04:53:06 PM »
Well, the air mass right now is actually very muggy, with temps in the 70s with this approaching cold front....

Im kinda looking forward to winter 8-) Like to sleigh ride down my mountain with this homemade sled dad made :-)
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #26 on: February 02, 2012, 01:58:51 PM »
So any results on today's sightings? i cant find whether puxy or french creek freddie saw their shadows
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2012, 05:26:13 PM »
Everyone should forget about that darn rodent. I'm predicting that winter will last until March 20, 2012.
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2012, 06:35:36 AM »
Hmmm thats a good prediction  :-P ;)
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2013, 09:31:45 AM »
The Farmer's Almanac has predicted late January to through the first week of February to be bitter for the Mid Atlantic, with a temperature for the month of February 8 degrees below average! Puxy might not see himself this year!
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2013, 09:38:30 AM »
Well....has the government come outside and seen it's shadow or not ?........oh that's right we were talking about rodents and predicting the nations' weather.......

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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2013, 09:43:37 AM »
HAHA  :lol:

I kind of fear that the government is trying to make us the rodents in the spinning wheel :shock: :shock:

Have you gotten a lot of snow this year Garth?
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #32 on: January 11, 2013, 12:44:20 PM »
Central Illinois received about 1 inch which has since melted away in the past week. Now it is warm and rainy.

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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2013, 01:31:33 PM »
Same here basically, we got a couple inches about a week ago that stayed for awhile, but we are in the 60s right now so it's definitely not here....Might hit 70 tomorrow! But I smell some cold air sneaking in to my area in about 10 days  ;)
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #34 on: January 11, 2013, 02:50:35 PM »
It's starting to look and feel more and more like 1993.   :shock:   8-[
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #35 on: January 11, 2013, 02:59:23 PM »
It's starting to look and feel more and more like 1993.   :shock:   8-[

Too bad I wasn't alive then!!!!!  \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2013, 10:00:41 PM »
Looking pretty snowy for Puxy tomorrow.....I'm calling a no shadow for tomorrow.
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2013, 10:01:22 PM »
I don't think he'll see his shadow lol
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2013, 10:42:15 PM »
In February 2017 Obama will come of the Whitehouse and see a shadow......It will be Hillary Clintons !

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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2013, 10:45:44 PM »
Doesn't look like Wiarton Willie will see his shadow either, so maybe another early spring for us this year?
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Wiarton Willie
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57th Annual Wiarton Willie Festival happening Saturday
Fil Martino Feb 1, 2013 09:12:12 PM

Folklore says Wiarton Willie will predict how many more weeks of winter weather there will be Saturday morning.
Wiarton Willie is Canada’s most famous groundhog and if he sees his shadow tomorrow morning, folklore has it he will return to his burrow and we endure another six weeks of winter weather.
Kevin Frankish of Citytv’s Breakfast Television is in Wiarton for the festival Saturday.
Frankish sits on the Shadow Cabinet and is the only person out-of-towner on the stage.
“They don’t ask out-of-towners to be apart of the Shadow Cabinet, so I was honoured last year when they asked me.”
At exactly 8:07 A.M., Willie will be roused from his mid-winter hibernation.
If you believe in the predictions of groundhogs, if Willie sees his shadow, we’ll get another six-weeks of winter weather.
If he doesn’t, it means spring is around the corner.

Forecast: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-130_metric_e.html

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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #40 on: February 02, 2013, 12:41:09 AM »
In February 2017 Obama will come of the Whitehouse and see a shadow......It will be Hillary Clintons !

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

We have our own groundhog, French Creek Freddie here in WV, but we are expecting some healthy snowfall, so I am calling potential snow blindness/not seeing his shadow  ](*,) ](*,)
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #41 on: March 23, 2013, 05:05:47 AM »
Death penalty for wrong forecasting? Weathermen be aware!  :grin:

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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #42 on: March 24, 2013, 11:01:03 AM »
Sounds like he's America's most wanted right now! #-o
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #43 on: March 24, 2013, 11:26:42 AM »
the NOAA claims 1-2 inches, well we have the 2"   and it still is coming down.    :roll:

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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #44 on: February 02, 2014, 01:44:24 PM »
Has anyone heard the results yet from Puxy?
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #45 on: February 02, 2014, 05:44:33 PM »
6 more weeks for us if we are to believe Wiarton Willie
 
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Re: Groundhog's Day Predictions Anybody?
« Reply #46 on: February 03, 2014, 01:20:34 AM »
French Creek Freddie in WV DID NOT see his shadow, meaning spring will come early, while Puxy DID see his shadow which means six more weeks of winter.

Story HERE:
http://wvmetronews.com/2014/02/02/french-creek-freddies-big-day-is-sunday/
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