Do you rely on rodents to get your seasonal forecasts? If so, hope you are enjoying this Groundhog Day. NOAA says that the groundhog is only correct 40 percent of the time, so if you were a betting person, you might go with the opposite of what the official forecast is. I’ve heard that this year’s forecast was for an early spring, but that was from the Pennsylvania groundhog, and we had a sunny day here in Georgia, so you might expect a different forecast from the Georgia critter. Either way, the next few days look like they are going to be very warm, so at least on the short term, spring is here! You can read more in one of my previous year’s blog posts at https://site.extension.uga.edu/climate/2017/02/how-accurate-are-old-weather-proverbs/.
