Patch Poll: Can a Groundhog Predict the Weather?

Happy Groundhog Day!

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, which supposedly means we’ll have six more weeks of a winter that’s already been mild, to say the least.

Somehow I doubt the predictions of our four-legged weatherman are accurate, and National Weather Service meteorologist Lee Hendricks said he agrees.

Hendricks said given current climate conditions, he expects this region will experience above normal temperatures and above normal precipitation through early spring. However, he said, things could always change.

“This is an average, so this doesn’t mean there couldn’t be any anomalies through the next six weeks,” he said. “Trying to get any further into the weeks, you’re really pushing reality.”

But it’s still fun to speculate.

What do you think will really happen this winter? Will we get blasted with a blizzard in April? Or was Phil wrong, and we’ll get to keep this spring weather we’re having?