(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Phil’s human handlers took the occasion of Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, 2024, to announce that the two kids born earlier this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a male. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Punxsutawney, PA) Sunday is Groundhog Day, and six weeks of winter are predicted by Punxsutawney Phil if he sees his shadow and the weather is sunny. An early spring is predicted if Phil does not see his shadow. Phil’s famous attempt to spot his shadow this year will also be his first as a father. According to an announcement from the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil and his partner Phyllis had two kits, a male named Shadow and a female named Sunny.