Marquette and vicinity: Tonight, mostly clear. Patchy blowing snow. Lows 18 to 23. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph overnight. Thursday, partly cloudy. Highs around 36. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Thursday night, scattered snow showers overnight. Cloudy. Lows around 26. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.

Extended forecast: Friday, cloudy with scattered snow showers, possibly mixed with rain. Highs around 34. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Friday night and Saturday, colder. Cloudy with numerous snow showers. Lows 20 to 25. Highs around 25. Chance of snow 70 percent. Saturday night, a chance of snow showers in the evening. Mostly cloudy. Lows 12 to 17. Chance of snow 50 percent. Sunday, a 30 percent chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Partly cloudy. Highs around 24. Sunday night, snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 15. Chance of snow 70 percent.

Lake Superior: Gale warning in effect from this evening through Thursday afternoon. Tonight, south wind 15 to 25 knots with gale force gusts up to 42 knots. Mostly clear. Waves building to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet. Thursday, south wind 15 to 25 knots with gale force gusts up to 34 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. Thursday night, southwest wind 10 to 20 knots becoming 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Gusts up to 27 knots. Cloudy. Scattered snow showers after midnight. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 13 degrees, 19 degrees below normal. The high Tuesday was 15 degrees and the overnight low was 10 degrees.

Precipitation: Tuesday, .02 inches. Year to date, 39.29 inches. Normal to date, 31.28 inches.

Snowfall: Tuesday, 1.0 inch. Season to date, 20.2 inches. Normal to date, 13.5 inches.

Sunset: 5:18 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:52 a.m. Thursday.