NYC Weather Forecast: Snow Coming For Christmas Eve

NEW YORK, NY — New Yorkers may get the white Christmas they've been dreaming of. There's an 80 percent chance of snow on Christmas Eve, according to the National Weather Service's latest forecast.

Flakes will start falling around 9 p.m. on Sunday, with up to half an inch likely to hit the ground by midnight. Then the snow turns to rain, which will continue overnight into Monday morning.

Christmas Day will bring sunny skies and a high temperature near 40 degrees. It will be a breezy day, with possible wind gusts as strong as 34 MPH.

Here's a detailed look at what to expect from the weather for the holiday weekend, courtesy of the National Weather Service.

Today
Periods of rain. High near 54. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight
A 50 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a steady temperature around 38. North wind around 8 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night
A chance of rain before 9pm, then snow likely between 9pm and midnight, then rain after midnight. Low around 34. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Christmas Day
A 20 percent chance of rain before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

(Lead image: A snow-covered brownstone is seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn on Dec. 9. Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)