Marquette and vicinity: Tonight, cloudy with a 50 percent chance of freezing drizzle and snow showers. Lows 18 to 23. Light winds. Saturday, snow showers likely, possibly mixed with freezing drizzle. Snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches. Highs around 26. North winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Saturday night, cloudy with snow showers likely. Lows 6 to 11 above inland to around 14 at the shore. North winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.

Extended forecast: Sunday, a chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 18. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent. Sunday night, partly cloudy. Lows around 1 above inland to around 7 above at the shore. Monday and Monday night, mostly cloudy. Highs around 19. Lows 5 to 10 above. Tuesday, cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs around 16. Tuesday night, snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Cloudy. Lows 2 below to 3 above. Chance of snow 60 percent.

Wednesday, cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs around 13. Wednesday night, a chance of snow showers in the evening. Cloudy. Lows 2 to 7 above. Chance of snow 40 percent. Thursday, cloudy. Highs around 17.

Lake Superior: Tonight, variable wind less than 10 knots becoming west less than 10 knots by midnight. Cloudy. A slight chance of freezing drizzle and snow showers in the evening, then a chance of snow showers and a slight chance of freezing drizzle by midnight. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. Saturday, northwest wind 5 to 15 knots veering north 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Snow showers likely and a chance of freezing drizzle in the morning, then snow showers likely and a slight chance of freezing drizzle in the afternoon. Waves building to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet. Saturday night, north wind 10 to 20 knots. Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Waves building to 4 to 7 feet occasionally to 9 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 6 feet occasionally to 8 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 11 degrees, 8 degrees below normal. The high Thursday was 22 degrees and the overnight low was minus 1 degree.

Precipitation: Thursday, .35 inches. Year to date, 47.08 inches. Normal to date, 34.22 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday, 5.7 inches. Season to date, 60.8 inches. Normal to date, 46.7 inches.

Sunset: 5:03 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:26 a.m. Saturday