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The NC Museum of Natural Sciences said that despite Sir Walter Wally's retirement, there will still be displays and activities at the museum on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sir Walter Wally retires, will not give weather prediction in 2023 Monday, January 30, 2023 Sit Walter Wally will not make any weather predictions for Groundhog Day this year. Sir Walter Wally was the official prognosticating groundhog from Raleigh, North Carolina, where he lived at the Museum of Natural Sciences before retiring in 2023. While active, Wally was a media darling and is regularly featured on The Weather Channel’s list of national Groundhog Day representatives. RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After a more than 20-year career in weather prognostication, Raleigh’s most popular groundhog will hang his hat and burrow into retirement. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences announced Monday Sir Walter Wally would retire from weather forecasting and will not look for his shadow this year. The biggest Groundhog Day celebration in the Triangle used to be at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, where for many years Sir Walter Wally has made his prediction. Last year, Sir Walter Wally decided to retire from the weather forecasting business, so there is no longer a Groundhog Day Shadow Ceremony at the Museum. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences announced recently that the groundhog is being retired. Groundhog Day celebrations for 2023 in Raleigh will go on without Sir Walter Wally making an appearance. The museum will have various displays and activities this Groundhog Day, Thursday, February 2, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is Forecaster Type: Groundhog Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States Description: Sir Walter Wally is a groundhog who lives at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and provided a Groundhog Day forecast from 1998 to 2022. On Groundhog Day there was a Shadow Ceremony on the Museum's front steps with the Groundhog Day with Sir Walter Wally in Raleigh - Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Watch Sir Walter Wally make his prediction at Bicentennial Plaza outside the NC Museum of Natural Sciences . The Shadow Ceremony Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2. Before retiring in 2023, North Carolina’s own Sir Walter Wally gave his predictions at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Sir Walter Wally during the Groundhog Day Celebration in Raleigh, N.C. on February 2, 2020 Snerd, at White Deer Park in Garner, is North Carolina’s only official Groundhog Day groundhog. The pressure’s on, Snerd! On Sunday, February 2, 2025, White Deer Park, 2400 Aversboro Road, Garner, North Carolina, is hosting a Groundhog Day celebration from 1 to 3:15 p.m. The highlight will be when Snerd makes her prediction at 3 [] Sir Walter Wally sees shadow to forecast six more weeks of winter for Raleigh Posted 2022-01-28T19:03:08+00:00 - Updated 2022-02-02T18:50:45+00:00 Sir Walter Wally makes prediction Raleigh's Groundhog Day celebration. Sir Walter Wally, who is regularly featured on The Weather Channel's list of national Groundhog Day representatives, will be making his annual weather Sir Walter Wally, Raleigh's favorite groundhog, saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter on Sunday at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Sir Walter Wally, Raleigh’s crowd-pleasing groundhog and perhaps the state’s best known, retired from his regular posting at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.The museum reports Since 1998, the groundhog known as Sir Walter Wally has been forecasting the weather at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina. Every Groundhog Day there is a Shadow Ceremony on the Museum’s front steps with the mayor of Raleigh presiding as the “Groundhog Whisperer.” See Sir Walter Wally at the Raleigh Groundhog Day Celebration. Sir Walter Wally did not see his shadow this morning so North Carolina can expect an early spring! Monday Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day, the day we find out if there will be 6 more weeks of winter! Raleigh brings out Sir Walter Wally each Groundhog Day to see if he sees his shadow. North Carolina's famous prognosticating groundhog Sir Walter Wally contradicted Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil Thursday and called for an early end to winter. Sir Walter Wally, Raleigh When: Feb. 2, 12 noon The details: In pre-pandemic times, crowds would gather outside the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences to watch the furry critter make his prediction. Sir Walter Wally and Snerd agree on their groundhog day predictions. the museum educator who emceed the event Saturday in Raleigh, says Wally has been right more than 50 percent of the time.
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