UPDATE: What Are the Chances of a White Christmas This Year?

Tomorrow might not be snow boot weather ... but then, a semi-White Christmas may be on the way for Birmingham.

According to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), a "White Christmas" is defined as having at least one inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning. It doesn't need to snow on Christmas to make this possible, of course.

Christmas Eve in Birmingham will have a high of 33 degrees, though there's a 80 percent of snow overnight Monday. According to the National Weather Service, accumulation of less than half an inch is possible.

Christmas in Birmingham, meanwhile, will be partly- to mostly-cloudy, with a high of 34 degrees.

Where can you find snow in the Midwest this Christmas? According to the Weather Channel's White Christmas Report, you could find snow in:

• Throughout parts of northern and western Michigan
• The Chicago area and parts of northern Illinois and Indiana
• Throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa
• Throughout most of the Great Plains states, including North and South Dakota

Where are you guaranteed a white Christmas? The probability for snow on the ground is 100 percent in Marquette, as well as International Fall, MN and Caribou, ME.

Meanwhile, there's a 50 percent or less chance in many of the big cities, including Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Chicago. The largest metro area with the highest probability of snow this Christmas is Minneapolis, MN.

If you want snow, though, just wait a little bit. There's an 80 percent chance of snow Wednesday with accumulation of 2-4 inches possible. An additional 1-3 inches could fall overnight Wednesday.