Mother Nature will make Punxsutawney Phil look like a meteorological genius over the next week or so, as an unseasonably warm, springlike pattern will set up across the Midwest, and even a portion of the Northeast, say AccuWeather meteorologists. Accompanying the warmup will be abundant sunshine and an extended period of dry weather driven by a strong area of high pressure. This will be an abrupt shift from a very damp and cloudy weather pattern across much of the region. "A large, northward bul