U.P. weather map info:

Houghton: 20°|11°

Ironwood: 18°|5°

Escanaba: 26°|10°

Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers likely, mainly before noon. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20. Wind chill values between zero and 5. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Tonight, a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Extended forecast: Thursday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Thursday night, snow likely after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Friday, snow. High near 33. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Friday night, snow likely, mainly before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 26. Saturday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 14. Sunday, a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Sunday night, snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Monday, snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Monday night, rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Tuesday, rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40.

Lake Superior: Gale warning through this evening. Heavy freezing spray warning in effect through this evening. Today, northwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 40 knots. SNow showers likely. Heavy freezing spray. Waves subsiding to 8 to 11 feet occasionally to 14 feet. Tonight, northwest wind 15 to 25 knots. Cloudy, with a chance of snow showers. Freezing spray. Waves subsiding to 3 to 6 feet occasionally to 8 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 29 degrees, 3 degrees above normal. The high Tuesday was 34 degrees and the overnight low was 23 degrees.

Precipitation: Tuesday, trace. Year to date, 5.00 inches. Normal to date, 6.19 inches.

Sunset: 8:04 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:53 a.m. Thursday.