The world's most famous groundhog is due to make his 125th annual weather forecast Wednesday on a tiny hill in Pennsylvania.
Punxsutawney Phil is scheduled to emerge at about dawn when his handlers will announce whether the animal has "seen" his shadow and is therefore predicting six more weeks of wintry weather, or has failed to see it, signaling an early spring.
The forecasts are concocted by Phil's handlers, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle.
Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 98 times and hasn't seen it 15 times. There are no records for the remaining years, though the group has never failed to issue a forecast.
The tradition traces its origins to a German superstition.
coverage from MSNBC dot-com -- early on Wed. morning 2/2/2011
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