Did the Groundhog See His Shadow 2011

So it is Groundhog day today. Did the Groundhog see his shadow 2011? According to the world famous Punxsutawney Phil from PA, the groundhog predicted an early spring Wednesday.

Phil emerged just after dawn on Groundhog Day to make his 125th annual weather forecast in front of a smaller-than-usual crowd who braved muddy, icy conditions to hear his handlers reveal that he had not seen his shadow.

Including Wednesday’s forecast, Phil has seen his shadow 98 times and hasn’t seen it just 16 times since 1887, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle, which runs the event. There are no records for the remaining years, though the group has never failed to issue a forecast.