Marquette and vicinity: Tonight, partly cloudy. Lows 1 below to 6 below zero inland to around 4 above at the shore. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday, mostly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs around 23. South winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Lowest wind chill readings to 15 below zero in the morning.

Friday night, snow. Patchy blowing snow. Lows around 20. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of snow 100 percent.

Extended forecast: Saturday, snow. Highs around 29. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of snow 100 percent. Saturday night and Sunday, colder. Snow showers. Patchy blowing snow. Lows around 15. Highs around 19. Chance of snow 90 percent. Sunday night and Martin Luther King Jr Day, mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows 4 to 9 above. Highs around 16. Monday night and Tuesday, mostly cloudy. Lows 3 to 8 above. Highs around 19. Tuesday night, mostly cloudy. Lows 7 to 12 above. Wednesday, partly cloudy. Highs around 23.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 23 degrees, 10 degrees above normal. The high Wednesday was 25 degrees and the overnight low was 21 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, .07 inches. Year to date, .68 inches. Normal to date, 1.18 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday,1.4 inches. Season to date, 96.9 inches. Normal to date, 94.3 inches.

Sunset: 5:31 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:29 a.m. Friday