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December 25 is just around the corner, and many are hoping to see some snow on the ground that day—making it a magical white Christmas.
An AccuWeather report has forecast that there will be precipitation on Christmas Eve and on Christmas, which Newsweek has mapped below, showing which states will and which ones won't have a white Christmas.
Why It Matters
According to AccuWeather, for a Christmas to qualify as a "white" one, there "must be at least one inch of snow on the ground on the morning of December 25."
The term has gained prominence partly through works of popular culture, including the literature of Charles Dickens and Irving Berlin's song "White Christmas" performed by Bing Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.
As millions make preparations to travel for the holiday, knowledge of what conditions to expect while driving to visit friends and family also makes planning easier.
What To Know
AccuWeather images suggest there could be chances of snow showers around the Northeastern and Eastern United States on Christmas Eve, with a mixture of rain and snow forecast in parts of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Snow was also forecast for some parts of Montana, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California.
Moving ahead to Christmas day itself, snow showers were again a possibility in the Northeast and East, with snow forecast in parts of Washington state. Meanwhile, a mixture of rain and snow was expected to hit Michigan.
AccuWeather said a white Christmas was a "guarantee across the higher elevations of the Rocky Mountains, the part of the country that has a snowy holiday almost every year."
It also said a few regions in the Eastern U.S. looked "promising" in having a snowy Christmas.
What People Are Saying
AccuWeather senior meteorologist Paul Pastelok to AccuWeather: "A weak storm is likely to move quickly eastward from the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley during the day on Dec. 24 and then through the central Appalachians, the mid-Atlantic and New England from the evening hours on Dec. 24 to early on Christmas Day,"
He added: "This storm will bring mostly rain but can bring some mixed frozen precipitation, especially over the northern tier and central Appalachians, where a wedge of cold air is most likely to linger."
While snowfall has been recorded in several states over the past few days, Pastelok said that many areas still won't see a white Christmas this year.
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