White Christmas: Updated snow forecast for tonight into Wednesday

[Holidays](/section/holidays) White Christmas: Updated snow forecast for tonight into Wednesday Several inches of snow are likely tonight, ensuring a white Christmas for most of Maine.   Author: Todd Gutner (NEWS CENTER Maine), Ryan Breton PORTLAND, Maine — It was looking bleak for a white Christmas when rain and warmth erased all our snow late last week, but a clipper system moving in will save the day. Clippers are fast movers and usually don't have much moisture to work with, typically only dropping a few inches of snow. But occasionally a trough can hang back after it passes, prolonging the snow and enhancing snowfall rates, beefing up amounts in a few spots. These troughs are tough to pin down and can be fickle, but one is expected to form tonight, with central Maine and the Midcoast favored. **RELATED: [How common is a white Christmas in Maine? Let's look at the data](/article/life/holidays/white-christmas-chances-maine-portland-bangor-snow-christmas/97-e522e2e6-bf23-4224-b985-f5890ed29f3a)** Snow spreads east through the evening and starts to pick up in intensity, fallin... --- *Note: This is a summarized excerpt. Click the source link above to read the full story.*