UPDATED Tuesday, February 2, 2010 --- 11:55 a.m.

Sun Prairie welcomed Jimmy the groundhog this morning, as he arrived in a white, stretch limousine to greet the hundreds of people hoping for an early spring.

Jimmy, the tenth in a line of groundhogs, did not see his shadow this morning and made his prediction for an early spring at about 7:10 a.m. as light snow fell from the sky.

Even though it's his first prognostication, the Mayor, who also serves as translator, is confident in his prediction.

"Our local historian has told me, Jimmy has been 100% accurate," says Joe Chase, Mayor of Sun Prairie. "It's the interpretation by the mayors that may have been a little bit off. But I've gotta say within these last 5 years, Jimmie and I have got a 100% record going."

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UPDATED Tuesday, February 2, 2010 --- 7:10 a.m.

Just In: Sun Prairie's Jimmy the Groundhog didn't see his shadow - so spring will come early.

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Posted Tuesday, February 2, 2010 --- 6:25 a.m.

Sun Prairie's Jimmy the Groundhog will make his annual weather prognostication at 7:10 a.m. this morning.

According to organizers, Jimmy has an 80% success rate in guessing the winter/spring weather predictions.

The festivities are taking place at Cannery Square (300 block of Main Street) in downtown Sun Prairie. Market Street Diner and Beans 'n Cream Coffeehouse will offer specials this morning.

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UPDATED Tuesday, February 2, 2010 --- 6:45 a.m.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) -- The groundhog has spoken. And it's bad news.

Punxsutawney Phil has emerged to see his shadow before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will last another six weeks.

German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 -- the Christian holiday of Candlemas -- winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.

The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club annually announces Phil's forecast at dawn on Gobbler's Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Phil's announcement came before hundreds of onlookers who huddled as temperatures hovered in the teens.

The Groundhog Club says since 1887 Phil has predicted more winter weather by seeing his shadow nearly 100 times, but there are no records for nine years.

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