Punxsutawney, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair and saw his shadow--predicting six more weeks of winter.
But, really.
What winter?
The groundhog made his prediction on Gobbler's Knob, a tiny hill in the town for which he's named about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Temperatures were near freezing when he emerged at dawn - unseasonably warm - and are forecast to climb into the mid-40s in a winter that's brought little snow and only a few notably cold days to much of the East.
Thursday's ceremony is largely that: Phil's prediction is determined ahead of time by the Inner Circle, a group which dons top hats and tuxedos and decides in advance what the groundhog will predict.
