Over the past five years — from 2015 through 2019 — Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter thrice and an early spring twice. This is historic right now," Dean said on "Fox & Friends," adding, "The groundhog has spoken and we are going to experience an early spring, everybody." Phil was not the only groundhog to predict an early spring. Dean said that anything beyond a 7-day forecast is "sometimes a coin toss," especially with predicting long-range winter weather. The National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center said Sunday that one thing is certain this week, that a "very active weather pattern" is shaping up across most of the country.

Source: Fox News February 02, 2020 13:22 UTC