Tonight’s Forecast: mostly cloudy, mild [Video]

The forecast from Fox17 Meteorologist Kara James: After another mild day with peeks of sunshine, temperatures drop to near freezing tonight with colder air arriving into tomorrow, with highs in the mid-30s. Light snow will be possible starting Tuesday afternoon, with increasing lake effect snow into Tuesday night. A WINTER STORM WATCH has been issued for much of West Michigan for Tuesday evening through Thursday evening to account for the expected accumulating snow. A bigger blast of cold airdrops in from Canada mid-week. High temperatures Thursday likely won’t make it out of the teens in most locations, generating areas of lake effect snow showers and widespread snow. This cold blast won’t last long, as high temperatures climb back into the upper 30s to low 40s for the weekend Longer range forecast models show we may spike back into the 40s by mid December again. At this point, chances for a “White Christmas” are not …