Marquette and vicinity: Today, colder. Scattered snow showers, possibly mixed with freezing rain in the morning, then numerous snow showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs 30 to 35 inland to around 36 at the shore. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Tonight, snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Mostly cloudy. Snow accumulation around an inch. Lows 23 to 28. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph inland, except northwest 10 to 20 mph near the shore. Chance of snow 70 percent. Friday, mostly cloudy. Highs around 36. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday night, mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 23 to 28. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Extended forecast: Saturday and Saturday night, mostly cloudy. Highs around 40. Lows 24 to 29. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Cloudy. Highs around 38. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Sunday night, snow showers likely. Lows 20 to 25. Chance of snow 70 percent. Monday, breezy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Cloudy. Highs 26 to 31 inland to around 32 at the shore. Chance of snow 70 percent. Monday night and Tuesday, mostly cloudy. Lows 12 to 17 inland to around 20 at the shore. Highs around 32. Tuesday night, a chance of snow showers overnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows 19 to 24. Chance of snow 30 percent. Wednesday, a chance of snow showers in the morning, then a chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Cloudy. Highs 34 to 39. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Lake Superior: Today, west wind 20 to 25 knots veering northwest up to 30 knots by mid afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers possibly mixed with freezing rain and rain showers early, then scattered rain showers possibly mixed with snow showers through early afternoon. Numerous snow showers possibly mixed with rain showers by mid afternoon. Waves building to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet. Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots. Rain showers and snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of rain showers and snow showers after midnight. Waves building to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet, then subsiding to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet. Friday, northwest wind 10 to 20 knots backing southwest 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and snow showers in the morning. Waves subsiding to 2 to 3 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 39 degrees, 9 degrees above normal. The high Wednesday was 43 degrees and the overnight low was 35 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, 0.02 inches. Year to date, 23.72 inches. Normal to date, 32.83 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday, none. Season to date, 10.5 inches. Normal to date, 16.3 inches.

Sunset: 5:14 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:59 a.m. Friday.