Okay, now I'm confused. Phil predicted six more weeks of winter on Saturday. Today it reached 50 degrees at the Aerie and 54 down in Mansfield. We had heavy rains overnight and nearly all the snow and ice has melted away. The creeks and rivers are running nearly bank full with brown, muddy water held back in places by ice chunks. Thunderstorms are forecast for tonight and I'm sure the remaining vestiges of the recent ice/snow storm will be gone by morning.
I just stepped outside to enjoy the spring-like air and spotted a Robin singing from the tree tops. Sure, some Robins will remain around during the winter even in these areas, but this is the first I've see since October.
All the other prognosticators have been wrong (whether they be political pollsters or weathermen), could Phil have been frightened by all the camera flashes? Could one of the Inner Circle corrupted his true message? Is spring going to come early? Mud Season, Part Two, has arrived (Part One was here for just a few days from January 6th to 10th). Will this one last any longer than Part One? Perhaps right through till the trees bud? I doubt it, but it would be a welcome event.
Last year, Phil predicted an early spring and we got our heaviest snowfalls in late March and early April.
I guess the science isn't settled at all. Neither is the weather.
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