Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers likely, mainly between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Patchy blowing snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 18 by 9 a.m., then falling to around 12 during the remainder of the day. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Blustery, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Tonight, snow showers likely, mainly before 1a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Wind chill values between -5 and -10. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 14. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Friday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 0.

Extended forecast: Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 18. Saturday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 23. Sunday Night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Monday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Tuesday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.

Lake Superior: Today, west wind up to 30 knots veering northwest. Snow showers likely. Heavy freezing spray. Waves building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet, then subsiding to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet. Tonight, north wind up to 30 knots diminishing to 10 to 20 knots after midnight. Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Heavy freezing spray through the night. Waves subsiding to 3 to 6 feet occasionally to 8 feet. Friday, west wind less than 10 knots backing southwest in the afternoon. Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the morning. Freezing spray in the morning. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was -4 degrees, 17 degrees below normal. The high Wednesday was 9 degrees and the overnight low was -17 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, trace. Year to date, 2.60 inches. Normal to date, 1.95 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday, trace. Season to date, 108 inches. Normal to date, 104.9 inches.

Sunset: 5:47 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:19 a.m. Friday.