Update 7:26 a.m. EST Feb. 2: On Wednesday morning, the groundhog came out of his burrow at Gobbler’s Knob and saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter.
Original report: According to The Associated Press, the iconic Pennsylvania groundhog will reveal his annual forecast around dawn Wednesday from Gobbler’s Knob in a tradition that began in 1887. If Phil sees his shadow after emerging from his burrow, “he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of winter and returns to his hole, and if not, he predicts that spring is just around the corner,” the Pennsylvania Tourism Office wrote.
Although last year’s ceremony was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers hope that thousands will travel to Punxsutawney for this year’s festivities, the AP reported. The tourism office is also streaming the event online.
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 136th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 136th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 136th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Thousands are gathered for the Groundhog Day celebration at the Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Thousands are gathered for the Groundhog Day celebration at the Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Miss Pennsylvania Meghan Sinisi is seen as thousands are gathered early morning for the Groundhog Day celebration at the Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Ashley Johnson of Dallas watches entertainment while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, to come out and make his prediction during the 136th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Barry Reeger/AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Punxsutawney Phil catches some sun in Phil's Burrow inside Punxsutawney Memorial Library, the day before Groundhog Day in downtown Punxsutawney, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Debra Walsworth, of New Jersey, wears a Punxsutawney Phil hat and face paint during Groundhog Days in the Park in downtown Punxsutawney, Pa., Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)
Photos: Groundhog Day icon Punxsutawney Phil delivers 2022 prediction Tony and Anne Disorbo, of Connecticut, check out Gobbler's Knob the day before Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)