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he outwitted punxsutawney phil to predict the weather correctly last year, but can he do it again? kids' crafts and programs for the entire family will be offered. 3 3 3 3 time for weather and traffic. traffic. 3 a dense fog advisory is in place until 10am for most of the area. expect overcast skies with scattered drizzle and light rain today, with near 60. tonight, lows drop into the 50s. heavy rain and possible t-storms arrive wednesday morning, and clear out to windy conditions in the afternoon with highs in the upper 60s. partly cloudy skies return thursday with cooler temperatures in the mid-50s, and it will stay clear with highs in the low 50s and lows near freezing for friday and the weekend. a dense fog advisory is in place until 10am for most of the area. expect overcast skies with scattered drizzle and light rain today, with highs reaching the mid-50s to near the 50s. heavy rain and possible t-storms arrive wednesday morning, and clear out to windy conditions in the afternoon with highs in the upper 60s. partly cloudy skies return thursday with cooler temperatures in the

@punxsutawney phil came out of @his borough to let us know how @long we will wait for spring. @since they started keeping @records this is only the 18th @time he did not see his shadow. @>> @>> reporter: but, buckeye @chuck disagrees. @buckeye chuck says, we are not @out of winter. @the zoo. @who is he betting on? @>> punxsutawney phil, though he @more accurate. @>> reporter: there are other @signs of spring we can look @for. @spring training starts on the @17th. @there are spring flowers @starting to bud @>> reporter: spring literally @begins in about seven weeks. @so can you trust a groundhog? @>> waking up today depending on @what is happening with the @weather may or may not be the @best way for us to forecast the @future. @>> reporter: i get my @source available, six more @weeks of winter or what? @settle this dispute. @bottom line there is only one @who really knows and we know @how mother nature loves to @tease. @monica robins, channel 3 news. @>> really? @this is your favorite day of @the year. @from the moment i i got here i @started teasing you about this. @>> this i

next one here, only punxsutawney phil? well maybe we know this bus we just talked about this for sure. punxsutawney phil is not the only prognosticating groundhog out there. ok of course in ohio we have him, new york has its own groundhog. so do several other states. even canada has its own groundhog. q. could probably tell us about that one. then last but not least, english. well when we watch that big event in punxsutawney, pennsylvania, they are talking in english. right? the old tradition is to speak in the pennsylvania dutch, some places if you speak in english, you have to put either a nickel or a dime into the jar. but sam, i don't know what filled up. punxsutawney phil? >> samantha: has to go right? maybe they use it to fund all that craziness that they have at gobbler's knob. you got to pay the band. it was kind of a wild scene watching that early this morning. it's so fun to see that every year and we like the prediction this year. right? i know he's not always right but ok. last three hours, pretty quiet conditi

thousands of people will watch punxsutawney phil this morning in pennsylvania. here's a live look at the crowd! its quite a party there. but many will be at the virginia living museum in newport news. take a look at chesapeake chuck! our own meteorologist jeremy wheeler was there last year when chuck did not see his shadow. jeremy will be back at the museum later this afternoon for chuck's prediction. look for those results ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. cooler. highs will be in the low 50s. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. lows will be in the upper 40s. winds east 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly cloudy. warmer. scattered showers in the afternoon. highs will be in the low 70s. winds south 10-20mph with gusts to 30mph. cold front has moved through the region. cooler temps have moved in for today, but they will be seasonable. tomorrow a warm front will lift back through the region. highs will be in the 70s again. we could see a stray shower early, but scattered showers will be more common in the late afternoon/early evening ahead of the

he outwitted punxsutawney phil to predict the weather correctly last year, but can he do it again? kids' crafts and programs for the entire family will be offered. 3 3 3 3 3 time for weather and traffic. 3 a dense fog advisory 3 is in place until 10am for most of the area. expect overcast skies with scattered drizzle and light rain today, with highs reaching the mid-50s to near 60. tonight, lows drop into the 50s. heavy arrive wednesday morning, and clear out to windy conditions in the afternoon with highs in the upper 60s. partly cloudy skies return thursday with cooler temperatures in the mid-50s, and it will stay clear with highs in the low 50s and lows near freezing for friday and the weekend. a dense fog advisory is in place until 10am for most of the area. expect overcast skies with scattered drizzle and light rain today, with highs reaching the mid-50s to near 60. tonight, lows drop into the 50s. heavy rain and possible t-storms arrive wednesday morning, and clear afternoon with highs in the upper 60s. partly cloudy skies return thursday with cooler temperatures in the mid-5

we will let you know punxsutawney phil's prediction. will spring be here soon are >>> we saw a tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning, as we inch closer to the big game this weekend, it's a popular time to upgrade your gadgets. morning, we're talking to some electronic experts, to give you the best advice, if you're making an upgrades.gentleman nksatawnie phil!!!! cheering // // >>> ladies and gentleman $% punxsutawney phil! >> that you would never know it but punxsutawney phil says spring will be here soon. it is groundhog day it back punxsutawney phil did not see well, jimmy the groundhog in sun prairie wisconsin also predicted an early spring, so it looks like we have a consensus. in the short term, marissa scott is filling in for chief meteorologist terry swails and has your cbs 2 'weather first' dense fog advisory in effect through midnight for se iowa. gusty winds all day but right temperatures. here is a a look at the snow reports. alerts canceled but still have posts in our northern counties. predictor shows rain and snow moving in over

in addition to punxsutawney phil's prediction, we will be seeing if chesapeake chuck will see his shadow at the virginia living museum around noon. good morning, hampton roads. let's check breaking news out of iowa from last night's caucus. after a very close race, nbc news just declared hillary clinton the apparent winner in last night's race among democrats. on the republican side, ted cruz topped donald trump. let's get right to 10 on your side's rico bush who's live in the newsroom with details. rico. clinton has squeaked out a very small victory against senator bernie sanders based off final numbers from the iowa democratic party. overnight, the results of the caucuses were so close both candidates were locked in a dead heat. the party described the race between the democratic front-runner and sanders as the closest they have ever had in the state. this is where the numbers stand right now. a razor thin win for the former secretary of state against sanders. let's crunch some numbers for you to give you idea of why this race is so close. according to entrance polls, on the democratic

it won't be long until punxsutawney phil predicts the future of our weather this year! everyone needs a bff. even your smile. colgate optic white express white toothpaste with hydrogen peroxide. for whiter teeth in 3 days. think of it as your smile bff. colgate optic white express white. whiter teeth in 3 days ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. cooler. highs will be in the low 50s. winds ne mostly cloudy. warmer. scattered showers in the afternoon. highs will be in the low 70s. winds south 10-20mph in for today, but they will be seasonable. tomorrow a warm front will lift back through the region. highs will be in the 70s again. we could see a ahead of the next cold front. the front will slowly push through by thursday morning. rain will continue through that time. then it will finally push out to sea weekend with highs mostly in the 40s. the weekend looks dry at this time. today is groundhog day. in addition to punxsutawney phil's prediction, we will be seeing if chesapeake chuck will see his shadow the low 50s. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: mostly clou

is it punxsutawney phil, who works run a distant second is the question.r >> i am way up here and punxsutawney phil, six in the last ten years he nailedd forecast. buckeye chuck, three of the last ten years so fo at least since 2006, 2005.06 looks like punxsutawney phil beat out buckeye chuck. i think a lot of the stuff is on the website. here is a streak of w rain, heavy rain from r last night and it has got some significant break so if you're driving it on for 80, south of quick things are going tore get hit with a pretty good rain shower. these are moving fast. behind the skyf conditions again starting to prove that we are w seeing clouds are in then start to thin out and temperatures are 50s running almost 30 degrees warmer in many locations than what it was yesterday. here is that strong south wind. these are sustained plans and some spots about 40. fifty-two on east lake in cuyahogatw falls currently effect.e have middle 50s hear from will appeal way to north olmsted the water rainfall. forecast o o is going to push this first front room in the second temperatures. pick upupg cold air an

and punxsutawney phil come early! you don't want to miss what meteorologist jeremy wheeler has to say about that in his ("jeremy ad libs wx headlis") today: partly cloudy. cooler. highs will be in the low 50s. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: mostly the upper 40s. winds east 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly cloudy. warmer. scattered showers in the afternoon. highs will be in the low 70s. winds south 10-20mph with gusts to 30mph. cold front has moved through the region. cooler temps have moved in for today, but they will be seasonable. tomorrow a warm front will lift back through the region. highs will be in the 70s again. we could see a stray shower early, but scattered showers will be more common in the late afternoon/early evening ahead of the next cold front. the front will slowly push through by thursday morning. rain will continue through that time. then it will finally push out to sea by the midday thursday. highs will be in the 50s on thursday. we'll be much cooler then into the weekend with highs mostly in the 40s. the w

>> nichole: who needs punxsutawney phil when you have buckeye chuck. there he is. today is his big day. will he see his shadow? we hope not. >> brian: the party is on at gobbler's knob evidently. taun daing punxsutawney. he'll tell us six more weeks of winter or if we're going to have an early spring. they're doing some picking. >> tia: i'm loving it. >> brian: it soundses good. of 6:45. punxsutawney phil is not ohio's most trusted whistle pig. >> tia: nichole vrsansky is in marion where we're waiting for buckeye chuck and his forecast. groundhog watch right now? >> nichole: the people are starting to arrive and festivities kick off at 7:00 this morning. we've hung out with buckeye chuck all morning long. we have the no shadow early spring talk. buckeye chuck is doing his spring predictions since 1979. that's when he became the official state groundhog. look how cute he is. so 37 years of predictions with a 70% accuracy rate i'm told. the last two years have been a little rough, 0 for 2 the last two years predicting an early spring and not exactly happens. the fest

famous groundhog punxsutawney phil made his prediction this morning. >> there is no shadow to be cast. an early spring is my forecast. jummy: that's right. phil did not see his shadow. but don't pack of your winter clothes yet. phil is only accurate about 45% of the time. that's probably why he gets the help from his fellow groundhogs. caught all the action at the local groundhog day. >> the predictions are in. potomac phil did not see his shadow. so in early spring. excited here in dupont circle at the dupont festival hosting the groundhog day celebration. the fifth year in a row. great prediction. >> it was an incredible morning. it's really hard to get a prediction out of a taxidermy ied groundhog but he shows up every time and he nails it. prediction, he said six more months of political deadlock. >> thank you for all that you do. blue skies and 50 degrees today. potomac phil, well done. punxsutawney phil has 40% accuracy? wouldn't you be better off flipping a coin. jummy: absolutely. or just wish and hope. doug: we will see what happens. it's going to get a little bit cooler. no

for at least one more blizzard. >> spring sooner. >> who is more accurate, people of iowa or punxsutawney phil probably the groundhog. >> i'm going to do phil. >> he's more spontaneous. >> putting your morning on the groundhog. >> absolutely. >> caucus. >> you're headed to vegas. who do you bet on. >> dr. david nickerson is a political science professor at temple proud. >> fill on gets it right 39% of the time. >> groundhog and we're basing the weather on a shadow. so completely makes tenseness sense. >> he also lives in library during the year. so it's not like he's a proper pond nothing. >> compare that to the iowa caucus in contested primaries predicted five of seven democratic nominees making the people of iowa correct 71% of the time. >> i guess politics has it over the groundhog. >> on the republican side three out of seven have been predicted in rating of 43%. neither side set out to predict anything. >> phil wants to hang out as he's glorified sundial. and the iowa caucuses these of these are people voting zenszerly their preferences not to predict the winner. >> i'm still going to run

for at least one more blizzard. >> spring sooner. >> who is more accurate, people of iowa or punxsutawney phil>> probably the groundhog. >> i'm going to do phil. >> he's more spontaneous. >> putting your morning on the groundhog. >> absolutely. >> caucus. >> you're headed to vegas. who do you bet on. >> dr. david nickerson is a political science professor at temple proud. >> fill on gets it right 39% of the time. >> groundhog and we're basing the weather on a shadow. so completely makes tenseness sense. >> he also lives in library during the year. so it's not like he's a proper pond nothing. >> compare that to the iowa caucus in contested primaries predicted five of seven democratic nominees making the people of iowa correct 71% of the time. >> i guess politics has it over the groundhog. >> on the republican side three out of seven have been predicted in rating of 43%. neither side set out to predict anything. >> phil wants to hang out as he's glorified sundial. and the iowa caucuses these of these are people voting zenszerly their preferences not to predict the winner. >> i'm still going to r

the predictions would you like this, punxsutawney phil says it's going to be in early spring and buckeye chuck says, six more weeks of winter . . in the forecast there is a large cold chill coming in the latter part of the forecast .o paducah is almost 70 degrees, minneapolis with 29, right now n we've got some showers getting and findlay a few showers in the western counties about 6:00 o'clock will have somers heavier showers overnight, this amanda snowfall, has put down with areas receiving the foot and a foot and a half and still blizzard and winter storm warnings and some tornado watch boxes have been posted in portions of kentucky tennessee and deep south . it's possible he could get some thunder hear them after tomorrow midday rainfall is gone and thenaf breaks in sunshine and that's when the chargers go downhill pretty quickly down into the 40s and upper 30s by tomorrow evening . we will hit about 54 late be gone in a day and that's when we we have the cold air invection with falling temperatures .co today, showers and gusty winds overnight, tomorrow mid-fifties and then they plun

. >> punxsutawney phil, did not see his shadow, means that we are earned will have them early spring at the 18th time in history that he did not see his shadow is in just minutes later later, buckeye chuck told us that he saw his shadow, he said that it looks like winter will be staying around . he disagreed with punxsutawney phil's prediction to keep in mind, the elections have been less than accurate,, and hopefully, he is wrong and punxsutawney phil is right she said so who is more, thanks to scott sabol, he does have some extra time put together the the stats it turns out that bill is the better success rate. looking aside from earlier, but it has some sunshine and the temperatures have been extremely comfortable, we'll reach our high temperature later tonight and tomorrow morning before it starts to fall . . today a high temperature so far of 50 .. with sunset tonight at 544 p.m. . looking at some mixing rainfall . here the toledo area also some portions of wyandot, crawford and richland county . on the lightning tracker, the darker shades of red and orange are the e older strik

well, if punxsutawney phil is correct, because he did not see his shadow, we have an early spring on the way. we'll see if that indeed happens. the infamous wedge was in play today and brought us clouds, areas of drizzle, and cooler temperatures. the wedge will break tonight, but no because high pressure will be in control. rather, we will have a pretty significant storm system bring us the chance for some heavy rain and isolated storms on our hump day. tonight: cloudy with scattered showers form later, fog may be around too.lows in the low-to-mid 40s. wednesday: overcast with rain, even a few storms. warmer with highs in the middle 60s. a few of the storms could be on the strong side east of the parkway during the afternoon hours of wednesday. we will could see anywhere between 0.5-1.5" of rain before all is said and done, which could lead to localized flooding. thursday and friday look drier under partly to mostly sunny skies perhaps a little more sun on friday in comparison to thursday. it will be cooler, though, with highs in the lower 50s on thursday, falling into the middle 40s

according to the groundhog punxsutawney phil. at gobbler's nob. he did not see his shadow, that means parts of the country dealing with snow and freezing temperatures? won't have to deal with six more weeks of winter. that is the official meteorological definition. talking. >> do you trust the groundhog? >> we're going to answer why a rodent is talking about weather in the first place. rare. 1887 punxsutawney phil only missed his shadow 17 times. that is compared to more than winter. we should point out when you compare that to the actual temperature trends over the years the groundhog is only right about 40% of the time. >> that is shocking. >> if groundhog day doesn't mean much we're digging deep near why it's a big deal. it really is. a big part of the answer is it's fun. it's tradition. groundhog day is based on an ancient european celebration marking the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. saw the shadow there would be six more weeks of winter. cities around the country have their own weather rodents. in atlanta

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thousands of people stood in pennsylvania this morning where punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow. so according to the groundhog day, we will not see six more weeks of the winter. instead, we'll have an early spring. >>> we are going to have an early, early spring this year. just what we all deserve in the state of new york. >> staten island chuck agrees as well. both groundhogs agrees this he too missed his shadow when he appeared this morning. mayor de blasio is in iowa and missed today's event conveniently which prompted a few light-hearted jokes since de blasio dropped chuck two years ago. >> i understand that the little incident here a few years ago. they thought it would be better to have someone a little shorter so in case something happened, it wouldn't be such a big fall. >> that groundhog actually died. >> this is not chuck number one. >> this is chuck number two. zoo keepers insist chuck has a much higher accuracy rate than punxsutawney phil. >> and higher both combined than you? >> come on. >> you had to go there. >> ice cold. >> that is amazing. after we deliver a day

you heard of punxsutawney phil. this is wally waikiki. happy groundhog day.did not see his shadow, but his drink and the umbrella. >> he has a better life than phil. >> fort bragg had rain. 43, that's cold. light rain overnight with .07 in the rain gauge, not a lot to the system. sunnyvale okay rain. maybe a mix of snow in the higher elevations, maybe the east san jose foothills or areas around san jose, back into the santa cruz mountains. mill valley mid-40's. windsor 45. there's not much of a difference. a little bit of a breeze, southeast breeze for most locations. one system moving through, they are weak, one more to go. looks like quiet patterns for the weekend. light rain, 40s for lows, 50s for highs, antioch, livermore, they aren't very warm, clouds off and on. not sold out, cloudy to mostly cloudy, clears out thursday morning, then sun sign and warmer temps. >>> you know it's groundhog day. you had him on this morning. punxsutawney phil made his prediction. find out if we'll have an early spring. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this i

i'm excited about the news from punxsutawney phil. he did not see his shadow. >> he better be right. >> that's right. we got to check in i know sir walter wally. >>> super bowl media day, the panthers were introduced to the crowd like rock stars. cam newton left the crazy pants to the hotel. however when it came to talking about the big match up with denver newton was all business. >> it's all in preparation. my father always taught me the proper ps of success. and that's the words that i live by especially in big moments. >> and cornerer back norman also known for his personality got in on the fun by wearing a wrestling mask. super bowl 50 kicks off this sunday night at 6:30. >> second ranked tar heels suffered their first loss last they upset unc 71 to 65. also wolf pack lost a close one. they slipped to 12 and 1 1 on the season. they played duke this saturday the. with us we'll be delicious apple pie >>> all right welcome back. here's one last look at your forecast today is ground hog day and sir walter are wally makes his forecast

punxsutawney phil. every groundhog day phil will decide if he sees his shadow or not. early spring. we want more winter here. >> the official announcement, pawn pawn -- punxsutawney did not see his shadow. you saw it live. >>> for all of you denver fans in the bay area this week for the super bowl, you are lucky you're here. look at home, a winter storm warning for the state of colorado, heavy snow expected in denver and surrounding area through tonight. the bad weather cancelling a third of the flights at denver's airport. if you have friends that have not left yet they may be delayed. there's a few flieds from the bay area canceled to and from denver today. >>> east bay mud is trying to find out what caused a mudslide. a detechs -- detechs. crews in san francisco believe a water main break is to blame for a slide there. they found a rupture in the mount davidson area. a home had to be demolished. it was torn down because it may have slid down and crashed on houses on the street below. the homeowner believes it was due to the water leak. >> we'll let the experts come out with their

punxsutawney phil ran us a little bit behind. we have to catch up. i'm john brown. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. let's get over to jayme. >> jayme: we were out doing a little facebook live, and it's thick in all locales. that's why we have the fog advisory in all locations in the fox 35 viewer area. this goes until 10:00 a.m. got fog? that's the question. you bet we do. gainesville, ocala, leesburg. everybody getting some form or fashion of this. all of the kids off to school but we want you to take it real slow and give yourself extra time to get into work or wherever you are headed. 50s and 60s right now. the dew point and the actual temperature are very close. the atmosphere condenses and you that's the case until 10:00 a.m. the winds become more southeasterly and this here is a tremendous amount of snow around the high plains and the upper midwest. south of that, a dangerous scene setting up today. we bring in very, very strong storms. windy weather, colder, and rainy. we'll talk about the detailed forecast coming up here in just a bit. >> gina: happ

mark: plus, an early spring from punxsutawney phil. but it' s not the only animal with a winter weather forecast. who did and didn' t see it' s shadow. lisa: and the folks from body shapes medical are in our studio on wlwt.com. they want to take your questions the blue sweater. she is taking your questions weight, gaining energy and becoming healthier, with they' ll take your questions we [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] lisa: happening now, high-speed chase is come to an end. it ended on harrison avenue, we caught the pursuit on several of our traffic cameras as it went through three states. the pursuit started lincoln through ohio and across the brent spence bridge pass the airport over the carroll cropper bridge before coming back west onto i-74. wlwt news 5 will bring you more details on news 5 beginning at 5:00. mark: we' re back live with the folks from body shapes medical. their medical experts are taking your questions on wlw

there he is, little punxsutawney phil in the spot late once again. once a year he gets his day.nwhile, do you remember how we were telling you about yesterday about the blizzard coming to iowa, it is there. anybody still there from the caucus might be stuck there and it is bad in nebraska as well, just all these major highways across there and parts of the kansas, major highways are just closed because of the heavy snow and high wind we have a flood watch in effect for tomorrow into thursday. noon tomorrow to noonan thursday, and possibility of flooding. why? we have heavy rain in the forecast plus wrapped snow melt. it will melt by thursday. we shouldn't have have anything left except giant piles of snow in the parking lots and stuff. weaver expecting an inch, inch and a half of rain. we will see street flooding and minor to moderate flooding of streets and creeks. today looks better but chilly then yesterday. temperatures in the 20's in lancaster, reading, allentown and mount pocono. thirty-eight in the city. thirty-seven down in wildwood. your average high is 41. we're almost

clear pockets occurring right now sunshine to kick off your groundhog day which means may be punxsutawney phil and buckeye chuck see the shadows will have to see clouds increasing showers moving and probably after 6:00 p.m. the earliest another mild day but winds pick up with a warm southwest winds gusting at times between 20 and 35 high tomorrow near 50 the rest a little bit later on the show still to come forgotten graduates there was no yearbook now that's finally changing for a local class a local ufo reports made in just the last few days setting up the super bowl but it's not just any super bowl super bowl for their fifth in a row caps there is growing concern over the spread of the zika virus the world health organization declaring a global emergency seeker is spread by mosquitoes and the most people causes little more than mild illness serious birth defects who director international efforts are needed to stop the outbreak however there's no reason to restrict travel right now at person the most important protective measures of the console mosquito populations and the prevention indivi

punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow this morning, which means one of two things. either spring will come early this year or punxsutawney phil is a vampire. [ laughter ] this is the big announcement. it was made very early this morning from a place called gobbler's knob. >> is this weather more than a trend? perchance this winter has come to an end. there is no shadow to be cast! an early spring is my forecast! >> what the hell is wrong with you people? [ bleep ]. get your finger out of my ass! >> jimmy: well, since 1988 punxsutawney phil has been right 13 times, been wrong 15 times. it's almost as if this whole thing is meaningless. [ laughter ] you know, we have a great show

you get up with boxing is in the morningg but we will find that will buckeye chuck says and punxsutawney phil whoever you want to believe gives you the prognostication you want to hearye p 31 in cleveland 28 in ashtabula right now mainly clear wins are calm windsor: all across the board and temperatures in the upper 20s it to low 30s right now er we have a lot of clearing right now it's got to get g colder 28 or so minneapolis were 31 now it was a very warma day in singh was today in paducah and kansas city omaha 37 i now a front came through last nightf early this morning systemin that huge system were w pushing in it rain across the southern tierou here's the heart of that storm and you can see the dark banding of blue of heavy snow extreme winds at reducing disability which is why there are some areas under blizzard warnings if you are actual center of circulation driven some kind of winter storm warning f for us we will be in the one sector we are very warm conditions and that of that will leave us with precipitationrmio but in the form of rain fall mainly after 6:00 p.m. again tomorrow e

if you prefer to get your forecast from a rodent, punxsutawney phil does his thing later in pennsylvania today. if the famed groundhog sees his shadow, legend says we'll have six more weeks of winter. if he doesn't, we can expect warmer temperatures. what's it going to be, kendis gibson? >> we haven't had six weeks of winter yet. >> you think we're going to have six weeks. >> one storm, but we'll see. >> you think he's going to see his shadow. >> i get my forecast from him and the farmers almanac every year. >> we've all seen military or

punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow this morning, which means one of two things. either spring will come early this year or punxsutawney phil is a vampipi. [ laughter ] this is the big announcement. it was made very early this mornininfrom a place called gobbler's knob. >> is this weather more than a trend? perchance this winter has come to an end. there is no shadow to be cast! an early spring is my forecast!

you are looking at a live picture from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where punxsutawney phil will be making his prediction. and, they are jamming, they are excited for the big day. this is like the super bowl for them, i guess. >> it's a big deal. around here, we like sir walter wally. i'm bill leslie. and, mike moss, will wally see his shadow today? >> yes or no. it's possible that he will. how is that for a weather prediction? >> well-placed. >> what we have going on is a cold front moves along last night, there is some moisture behind that, you can see some clouds in the sky cam shot. a couple of things clouds evidenced in that shot, generally, we are starting with an overcast and decent chance of overcast throughout the noon, if that is the case wally will not see his shadow but there is a lesser chance the low-level moisture will mix out and if it does at the right place at the right time we and sunshine. it's back in the day. there's the current temperatures, 46 roxboro, 48 roanoke rapids, 46 lewisburg and 49 at the station in raleigh. moving to the south, goldsboro 52, fayetteville a

. >>> punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow. >> and that means spring will be coming early. >> punxsutawney phil! [ cheering ] >> you see phil's predictions are not always on the mark. he's not even batting .500. he's been wrong 15 times since 1988. >> and if you pulled me out of my sleep and asked me to do a forecast. >> we do it every morning. >> people are reporting temperatures from 48 degrees in brentwood to 57 degrees in los altos. and check this out. a photo of his day. thank you, sir. that's absolutely spectacular. we have more clouds to take a view at. this is looking from san jose where we have mostly cloudy skies and a few sunny breaks. and if you get drizzle you could catch a rainbow. 53 in livermore. and the winds are under 10 miles per hour. the rain -- it is out of here. mostly cloudy with the sunny breaks. and wait until you see the super bowl l forecast for sunday. high pressure trying to build in. as it does we see the area of low pressure. it's taking most of the precipitation well into the pacific northwest. here's future cast. that's your evening commute. that's the ove

punxsutawney phil, did not see his shadow . that means an early spring . i thought that it has been spring all along but not according to cloud cover that is thickening,h there is no precipitation underneath this yet, but eventually we will have some liquid form precipitation . some shows up in michigan, there will be grateful developing later this afternoon and this evening,t the storm prediction center has placed this part of the ohio and tennessee valleys under enhanced risk of severe weather, most of the buckeye statemo will not see much but there is a possibility as the winterstorm boozer booms over the great lakes earth this is abouts 6:00 o'clock tonight best chance over the western and southern areas for precip a better chance over night, after midnight tonight there could be somear heavy rain and thunder, the best south of the area . today high of 52, with a passing evening shower and the windspa gusting out of the southeast g . currently 44, check out the temperature forecast map as we animatete into the morning tomorrow with temperatures rising

the world's most famous groundhog, punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow, which means and early springhile he's famous for weather predictions, he's not very accurate. since 1988, phil has been right 13 times and wrong 15 times. >>> santa clara university suspects one of its students has fallen ill with meningitis. the disease has severe outcomes and the university is working on getting a handle on it. >> reporter: meningitis can be a crippling and life- threatening disease. that's why the university as well as the health department is taking this very seriously. you know, we've spoken to some staff walking here on campus. nobody seems too alarmed. this is the information the university has put out. they say and undergrad student became sick on sunday and was admitted to the hospital. they are letting the county health department take the lead on this and working to identify who had close contact with the student between january 24th and this sunday, because they may need preventative antibiotics. the department of health describes meningitis as a severe bacterial infection of the bloo

punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow this morning, which means one of two things. either spring will come early this year or punxsutawney phil is a vampire. [ laughter ] this is the big announcement. it was made very early this morning from a place called gobbler's knob. >> is this weather more than a trend? perchance this winter has come to an end.

but it will be client with some sunshine moral which could be questionable for punxsutawney phil and buckeye chuck because if there is sunshine they would see their shadow, we will give you theosh coverage tomorrow morning and then more clouds throughout the day with showers after 6:00 p.m. , the mount ayr losing click with southwest wind between 15 and 20 gusting up to g 30 -- 35 . then we go on to getting warmer with some pretty decent downpours tuesday night into early wednesday and once that front comes through the through the rainfall shuts off midday wednesday . and that low 50s midday wednesday that fallen into the 40s in the upper 30s and then low 30s, the weekend, temperatures between 35 and 40 and those big snowstorms, will be nothing for the first full week of february. fox 8 the official school closing station with closings and delays on-air, online. a place where ohioans go to reportla mysterious sightings in the sky see you tonight at 10:00 o'clock for that . . layoffs are coming to yahoo, it could help theo co2 to control the company, reportedly amounting to 15 percent

punxsutawney phil said it will be an early spring much it's our is o guy's turn now. >> potomac philt at any time. not as much live potomac phil.l. he's getting ready to hand down his own declaration of thefhe winter season. sso bob, i fine it curious does he d this way out of punxsutawneyawney already said.already >> i don't know if the weatherw if is any different up there. uthe but there are clear skies here. fill bound to see potomac phil p bound to see his shadow. sdo they have a life groundhog. this is a -- they're kicking itng off right now. right now. i don't know if you can seeknow through here. but if you look past jack evanskva the new metro chairman.hama you can see that? that's a tha stuffed groundhog we're about too use here to predict our forecast here whether it's going to be ann early spring or six more weeks w of winter.te again, i mean there are someom buildings blocking the sun right rig now.w but if -- it's based on the fact that this stuffed groundhog can or cannot see its shadow. >> this thing will clearly see clely it's shadow. i would think the going to beoin

>> he falls in line with punxsutawney phil, early spring. >> you are saying the -- they are right? >> oh, yeah. >> that means it will be an early spring? >> yes. >> i always get confused. >> it feels like an early spring. >> i count on john farley. >> he's up next. >>> welcome back. let's get ready for a line of pretty strong storms coming through here tomorrow afternoon and some of them could be severe. the biggest threat out of them would be gusty winds, heavy downpours, lightning as the whole thing comes on through. let's show i what's going on with the satellite and radar. just a couple a couple of ---- just a couple of showers. these are light. we may get a couple of those. but the focus of the energy is back out to the west. there is a line of storms that extends from chicago to new orleans. but the most active part of it is right around, basically, from kentucky, tennessee, down to na tleens. neworleans. everything in yellow is a severe watch. these in red active tornadoes on the ground. this is a messy system. the good news is by the time it we are still gonna have to be on

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>> this is the 130th year punxsutawney phil has predicted an early or hate spring by the existence ofis shadow. just don't pack away your winter clothes just yet. >> i don't think he would have that same finding if he was up here overlooking super bowl city. >> let's go to sandhya patel for the latest. >> tomorrow you'll be reminded that it's still winter. live doppler right now, showing you clouds will soon be tracking a storm that will bring snow showers to the tahoe area, 36 degrees and rain across the northern and central portion of the state. down south, los angeles 65 degrees and dry. as we take a look at our forecast, it's going to start out dry tomorrow morning, but it doesn't end that way. we have another storm that will bring us scattered showers, beginning tomorrow afternoon, and continuing for the evening rush hour. as far as your temperatures, low to upper 50s for wednesday. check out the dramatic change in our weather. the week ahead, san jose's temperature trend, average high of 61. tomorrow 59 degrees and then it's a steady climb. as we head towards the end of the work

well, if punxsutawney phil is correct, because he did not see his shadow, we have an early spring on the way. we'll see if that indeed the infamous wedge was in play today and brought us clouds, areas of drizzle, and cooler temperatures. the wedge will break tonight, but no because high pressure will be in control. rather, we will have a pretty significant storm system bring us the chance for some heavy rain and isolated storms on our hump day. tonight: cloudy with scattered showers form later, fog may be around too.lows in the low-to-mid 40s. wednesday: overcast with rain, even a few storms. warmer with highs in the middle 60s. a few of the storms could be on the afternoon hours of wednesday. we will could see anywhere between 0.5-1.5" of rain before all is said and done, which could lead to localized flooding. thursday and friday look drier under partly to mostly sunny skies perhaps a little more sun on friday in comparison to thursday. it will be cooler, though, with highs in the lower 50s on thursday, falling into the middle 40s on friday. saturday in your w-s-l-s ten when you or

o meter do you want to see it. >> a phil o meter. >> punxsutawney phil o meter, we have a 50/50 shot. he either sees his shadow or he doesn't. is there a 86 percent chance because of the sunshine in the forecast. >> in other word you know if it is clear in the western part of the state. >> pretty much. >> he is only right 55 percent of the time ivoried. >> that is right. >> still we have to see what the guys in the top hats say. >> true. >> anyhow, it is coming. >> is there the phil o meter. here's our weather meter. we will go up to a eight out of ten today, it is cooler then yesterday. decent day. the bus stop buddy is wearing his winter coat because we have, some temperatures in the 20's in the suburbs this morning. we're 37 degrees in philadelphia sunrise 7:09. >> and it looks like we will reach a high of 50 degrees, with a whole lot of sun to shine. we will be cooler they had yesterday. sunset high as those days get longer, all and all, pretty good for your tuesday. different story on wednesday that forecast is coming up. right new we have a look at traffic, bob kel

that is terrible, punxsutawney phil. he only gets it right 46% of the time. >> early spring, take your jackets off. you're not going to need them. get out the bermuda shorts. >> and of course we've been having more and more, you know, of these rats coming along. is it a rat? i always forget. what about the famous groundhog in georgia? atlanta. this is general lee. he concurs with punxsutawney phil. it's going to be an early spring. he was less excited. he wanted to high-tail out of there. i wouldn't blame him. also this morning, we had my own prediction here. i do this every year and see if i see my shadow. there it is. i did see my shadow. do you know what that means? our weather is going to vary oh, by the way, this is exactly how i start each and every morning. let's take you outside and show you conditions as we talk about this gorgeous day that has developed here after the morning fog that we had. well, now temperatures in the 80s. if you have been missing the humidity, if you have been missing the warm temperatures

that means the famous "punxsutawney phil" will make his annual weather prediction. the u-s gets six more weeks of winter if he sees his shadow this morning. but if he doesn't, an early spring should be on the way. the groundhog's predictions aren't exactly reliable -- he's been wrong 15 times since 19-88. last year, he saw temperatures were above average in march. ((cold toss w/stinger)) groundhoghe are now it's can be covered here lately our wettest in the also down sixties one-day forties the next out they will those fireworks punxsutawney phil probably run into the hills push for this morning i contain to that we have locally a lot of fog so we have any local groundhog sue probably will not see the shadow today because of that busstop this morning just slowdown watch out for the kids because it stuff to see visibility down will quarter of a mile or less in a lotta locations a notice of the temperatures do not go up all that much at all so forty three at the busstop this morning the kids had home only rent 48 that a be cool day much cooler than yesterday clouds dr