Spring’s famous furry forecasters are set to make their predictions this morning.
this is groundhog days, and as folklore progresses, groundhog If it emerges from its burrow and sees no shadows, spring is on the horizon, but if it sees shadows and retreats, you can expect another six weeks of winter.
celebrity groundhog Shubenacadie Sam launches Canada’s first forecast shortly after sunrise in Nova Scotia, followed by Wiarton Willie in Ontario.
Willie’s host at the South Bruce Peninsula groundhog According to local legend, the town’s spokesman, Daniel Edwards, said that last year when he was looking for a replacement, he brought in a “stand-in” in a more traditional shade of brown, before returning to white fur. has become
Willie was nowhere to be seen on the big day of 2021, and the town later admitted that a furry forecaster had died, a search that ended last summer when the town said it could have gotten a gray hair. It was started groundhog Originally from Cleveland, Ohio.
In a playful, peer-reviewed study published by the American Meteorological Society, researchers at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, said: groundhogNothing beats the chance to predict the arrival of spring.
This report by the Canadian Press was first published on February 2, 2023.
