Don’t get your hopes up for a white Christmas this year.

In metro Detroit, there’s just a slight chance of snow leading up to Christmas Day, said Trent Frey, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

And Christmas itself? Maybe some snow-rain showers, but only in the afternoon.

“At this point, it looks like the chance of waking up on Christmas morning with a white Christmas is pretty low,” Frey said.

It actually isn’t that surprising, Frey said, albeit disappointing to some: The average chance of a snowy holiday is only about 40 percent in the Detroit metro area.

Typically western parts of the state receive more accumulation, but even Grand Rapids probably won't see much white stuff this year.

Leading up to Christmas, metro Detroit will enjoy a brief warm spell on Thursday before temperatures dip back down over the weekend. Snow showers are possible on Friday night, but after that, the skies will stay dry through Christmas Eve.

But that doesn't mean it's going to be warm. (Well, it is Michigan). On both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the high will be about 35 degrees.

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