Marquette and vicinity: Friday, mostly sunny. Highs around 44. Light winds. Friday night, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers overnight. Lows 19 to 24. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Saturday, colder. Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs around 30. North winds 10 to 20 mph. Saturday night, partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 13 inland to around 19 at the shore.

Extended forecast: Sunday, a chance of snow showers in the morning, then a chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Partly cloudy. Highs around 37. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Sunday night, a chance of snow showers in the evening. Partly cloudy. Lows 17 to 22. Chance of snow 40 percent. Monday, mostly sunny. Highs around 44. Monday night and tuesday, mostly cloudy. Lows around 29. Highs around 48. Tuesday night, a chance of rain and snow showers overnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 34. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Wednesday, a 30 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 50.

Lake Superior: Tonight, northwest wind 10 to 20 knots diminishing to less than 10 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. Friday, northwest wind less than 10 knots veering east by mid-afternoon. Partly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot. Friday night, south wind less than 10 knots veering west 10 to 20 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy through midnight, then mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Waves building to 1 to 2 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 39 degrees, 11 degrees above normal. The high Wednesday was 48 degrees and the overnight low was 29 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, zero inches. Year to date, 9.57 inches. Normal to date, 7.18 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday, zero inches. Season to date, 213.1 inches. Normal to date, 184 inches.

Sunset: 8:13 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:36 a.m. Friday.