Monday, February 02, 2009

Mr. Weatherhog forecasts long winter

2nd of February which is the Christian holiday of Candlemas, is also popularly known as the Groundhog Day. It is believed that today when a groundhog emerges from its burrow, if it sees its shadow, then winter is going to be long and will continue for 6 more weeks. On the other hand, if it does not see its shadow, the winter will be short and spring is around the corner.



This year's star groundhog is a furry big little thing called Punxsutawney Phil hailing from a small town of Punxsutawney in Pennsylvania. Today when Phil emerged from his burrow after a long and cozy hibernation, he cast a shadow (since the day is bright today) and forecasted a long dreary winter.

So, as per our tiny little weatherman, I still have chance to wear some of the jackets that have remained untouched this entire winter!

8 comments:

Moonie said...

oh! Long winters can be pretty depressing! I believe London was snowed in day before. One Snow storm and NY/NJ too can turn into white mountain!
Take care, keep warm!

Colors said...

Hey Moonie, seeing you here after a long time!
Yeah London's having a tough time dealing with the snow. The NE side of US did have more than one snow...the last couple of snowfall has made the landscape beautiful!
Next week has been forecasted with warmer weather...looks like the weatherhog will be proven wrong!*fingers crossed*

fursat said...

Yea, I saw this on BBC. Can you ask your groundhog when will the winter end here? We had fresh snow today :|

Anonymous said...

hey Colors, where is your post on 'Sikkim trivia"??

Moonie

Colors said...

Ricky, looks like your prayers have been answered...atleast here! Our temparatures have gone up to uppper 50s! Hope its warm at ur end too :)

Moonie, I removed the post. The pic didn't render properly. Will think of some other way to post it

fursat said...

Its 10 F here today :(

Anonymous said...

It's really intersting to know about this unique forecasts.

:-)

It's still cold here whereas it should not be. Today it drizzled here. Let's see what will be tomorrow... more cold or sunny day.

Anonymous said...

im back to blogging
i can see ur template has changed..and it looks nice
thanks for the info on candlemas - didnt know what that was despite being a catholic