Marquette and vicinity: Tonight, cool. Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Lows 21 to 26. North winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday, very cool. A 50 percent chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 33. North winds 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Extended forecast: Friday night and Saturday, cool. Mostly cloudy. Lows 23 to 28. Highs around 41. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday night, mostly clear. Lows 24 to 29. Sunday and Sunday night, unseasonably cool. Partly cloudy. Highs around 38. Lows 22 to 27. Monday, unseasonably cool. Mostly sunny. Highs around 39. Monday night and Tuesday, clear. Lows 22 to 27. Highs around 47. Tuesday night, clear. Lows 26 to 31. Wednesday, mostly sunny. Highs around 55.

Lake Superior: Small craft advisory in effect from 8 this morning through Friday evening. Tonight, north wind 15 to 25 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of flurries in the evening, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Waves building to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet. Friday, north wind 20 to 25 knots backing northwest 15 to 20 knots by mid afternoon. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers through early afternoon. Waves subsiding to 4 to 7 feet occasionally to 9 feet. Friday night, northwest wind 10 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy. Waves subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 41 degrees, 6 degrees below normal. The high Wednesday was 54 degrees and the overnight low was 28 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, none. Year to date, 12.95 inches. Normal to date, 11.12 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday. none. Season to date, 205.6 inches. Normal to date, 202.4 inches.

Sunset: 9:08 this evening.

Sunrise: 6:25 a.m. Friday