There has been ample chatter lately about the possibility of a "green and brown" Christmas, an earth-toned holiday devoid of snow.

Bob Dukesherer — and any Michigan resident worth his or her (road-covering, ice-melting) salt — would tell you that’s rather atypical.

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids, where Dukesherer works as senior forecaster, posted a map on its Facebook page Monday depicting the probability of a white Christmas across the country, based on 30 years of climate data (rather than the current forecast).

Michigan, as one might expect, is colored with varying shades of purple, meaning most years we have anywhere from a 50 percent to 90 percent chance of Christmas Day snow.

Parts of the Upper Peninsula, of course, are white. You likely can guess what that means.

“We should be somewhere around 60 to 80 percent of the time,” Dukesherer said of West Michigan in particular.

This holiday season, though, the percentages have all but reversed because of unseasonably warm temperatures and other factors.

“Right now, we’re probably looking at a 70 to 80 percent chance of no snow on Christmas,” Dukesherer said.

There is a small chance of snowfall on Christmas Eve, but any precipitation will be negligible, according to NWS forecasts.

Snow lovers might want to take heart in the optimism of WOOD-TV8 meteorologist Bill Steffen, who said Monday in a blog post it's too early to rule out a White Christmas.

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