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From: Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What did the groundhog see?
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 15:50:17 -0500
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On 2/2/2025 2:25 PM, JAB wrote:
> Punxsutawney Phil's winter predictions are in
> 
>   
> Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog weather watcher, was pulled
> from his warm burrow this morning and saw his shadow, predicting six
> more weeks of winter.
> 
> https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/weather/groundhog-day-shadow-winter-spring-climate/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
> 


The groundhog is as accurate a forecaster as any other source. In many 
cases, more so. The Staten Island groundhog has an 85% accuracy rate (he 
predicts an early spring). That's better than the MSC or NWS.



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Dr. Auric D. Hellman
adhellman1@gmail.com