With only five days until Christmas, weather forecasters now have a pretty good idea of who will wake up to a blanket of snow on the big day.

The next round of snowfall during what's been an active weather pattern could be coming on Christmas Eve in much of the Northeast, with snow showers possible in parts of the mid-Atlantic. See the image above from AccuWeather for a look at areas where forecast models say snow and snow showers are

National Weather Service forecasts say the chances aren't good for most places in the Lower Peninsula, but some locations could have a white Christmas.

Ohio weather is notoriously unpredictable. That's to the dismay Cincinnatians who dream of a white Christmas every year.

BBC Scotland weather forecaster Gillian Smart said the record is "within touching distance". She said: "We're in for a largely dry and unseasonably mild Christmas Day, as our very

In order to officially make it a white Christmas, there must be 1 inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning. There's a very high chance of that happening this year in many communities from the North Country to the Upper Valley.