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Forecasters: No white Christmas expected for LI

In what could be an omen for a

Photo credit: John Paraskevas | In what could be an omen for a "White Christmas," snow collects on cars parked at the Port Jefferson LIRR station. (Dec. 24,2012)

It may be snowing Christmas Eve on Long Island, but don't expect a white Christmas when you wake up, the National Weather Service said.

It's not that forecasters are trying to be Scrooges; the conditions just aren't quite right.

"Whatever dusting is out there, or few tenths of an inch, is going to be washed away by rain," said Adrienne Leptich, a weather service meteorologist in Upton.

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