A cold winter weather forecast from both the weather service and Groundhog Day

Officially, today’s forecast from the National Weather Service is mostly sunny with a high near 26.

Unofficially, it’s Groundhog Day (http://www.groundhog.org/), and a Pennsylvania groundhog has seen his shadow today and predicted six more weeks of winter.

Tuesday, the temperatures here will rise out of the freezer to a high of 47, with sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service forecast goes through next Sunday for the Kansas City area, and predicts a 50 percent chance of snow after noon on Wednesday, when the high will be near 31. A 30 percent chance of precipitation will be on Wednesday night.

From Friday through the weekend, it will warm up to the mid-40s and mid-50s.

Thursday, the high will be near 26; Friday, near 45; Saturday, near 53; and Sunday, near 46, the weather service said.

For more weather information, see www.weather.gov.