Updated, 9:10 a.m. Forget Punxsutawney Phil. New Hampshire better predicts the end of winter by the start of the maple sap run. Or the number of skunks meeting their end in the road. There is plenty of forecast folklore, "like geese standing on one leg," said Catherine Boeckmann, internet editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac, which began making predictions long before the first Groundhog Day.

►The official Web site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club

DURHAM - The state climatologist thinks 2010 may mark the end of a long wet spell.

►State weathers flooding, ice jams (1)
►Flood watches, warnings posted throughout NH

The Pemigewasset River was a foot over flood stage in Woodstock last night.

An icing threat will set up over New England on Sunday night as soaking rain sweeping northward along the Eastern Seaboard meets outgoing cold air.

Dover lieutenant on the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma says crew members are buoyed by gratitude of Haitian people.

►HopeforHaiti.com
►A lesson in how to help Haiti from Windham church (2)
►Dartmouth teams safe after 6.1 aftershock hits Haiti; Tahoma crew continues relief effort (3)
►Local Guardsmen leaving for Haiti: Will assist military air traffic control

Local police and public works crews are issuing a stern warning to homeowners and private operators who plow or blow snow off driveways: Stop dumping snow in the streets or dig deep to pay a hefty fine.

KEENE - Two people were injured when an ambulance transporting a patient slid off of Route 12 yesterday morning.

PORTSMOUTH - The benefit concert for Haiti earthquake victims scheduled for tonight in Portsmouth has been postponed to Feb. 1.