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M ETEOROLOGISTS may not always see eye to eye, but as a raging snowstorm swept over Central Canada on Monday, they all agreed the country's most famous forecasting groundhog was a born optimist. Ontario's Wiarton Willie earned cheers from a crowd of onlookers as he tentatively emerged from his burrow and failed to see his shadow, which folklore suggests means spring is just around the corner. Its prediction came as a major storm sent temperatures plunging in his home province and blanketed much of the region with up to 40 centimetres of snow. Willie's other prognosticating counterparts begged to differ on the long- range forecast. As the storm tracked towards Quebec and Atlantic Canada, Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil and Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam spotted their shadows and confirmed what twolegged forecasters have been saying all along - winter is nowhere near finished. " I guess I found out Wiarton Willie is maybe a glass- half- full kind of guy," said Geoff Coulson, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment Canada. " I guess he's going for an early spring forecast. Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania said, ' No way, six more weeks of winter.' I've got to say I'm leaning towards Phil's forecast." Coulson said the major storm system that cancelled flights and closed schools across much of Ontario is poised to wreak havoc in other provinces in the coming days. Southeastern Quebec is bracing to receive up to 20 cm of snow, he said, adding northern parts of the province will have to shiver their way through frigid temperatures that could dip as low as - 45 C. Conditions may be even worse in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Coulson said, adding Environment Canada expects parts of those provinces to receive up to 40 cm of snow over the next two days. The snow is expected to turn to ice pellets or freezing rain in Prince Edward Island. No sooner will the storm peter out, another system will start forming in the foothills of Alberta and gear up to prolong the deep freeze across the eastern part of the country through the weekend, Coulson said. Meanwhile, a new forecast model for Manitoba's preeminent rodent weather prognosticator, Winnipeg Willow, suggests the province is in line for an early spring. This year, the staff at the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre tried something different. Instead of relying on a shadow sighting - a prediction model that hasn't generated too much success in recent years - Willow's handlers decided to track its behaviour from October to Groundhog Day for what they believe will be a more accurate forecast. " If we found that she was very sleepy and lethargic throughout the months of October to February, then we would say it would be a longer winter," said PWRC president Lisa Tretiak. " She has been extremely active this winter, so we're going to say it's going to be an early spring." Manitoba Merv, the groundhog puppet, didn't ' see' its shadow, either, after emerging into the early Monday light at Oak Hammock Marsh. Coulson said Western Canada is on track for seasonal temperature norms with perhaps some forays into aboveaverage territory. The Weather Network agreed. " The West Coast is the one part of Canada where above Pack away the long johns... or not Spring is coming early, if you believe rodents By Liam Casey and Michelle McQuigge WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS All eyes were on celebrity groundhogs, including Winnipeg Willow ( above) and Punxsutawney Phil ( inset). seasonal temperatures are expected for the remainder of winter," the network said in a statement. " That does not mean we won't have any more winter weather in this region, but periods of mild temperatures will more than offset any periods of colder- than- average temperatures." - The Canadian Press, with file from staff SCAN PAGE TO SEE GROUNDHOG VIDEOS A_ 02_ Feb- 03- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A2 2/ 2/ 15 9: 53: 59 PM ;