Marquette and vicinity: Today, a chance of rain and snow showers before 4 p.m., then a slight chance of snow showers after 5 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 32 by 3 p.m. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Thursday night, a 30% chance of snow showers before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 31. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Friday, a 50% chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Friday night, a 40% chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Extended forecast: Saturday, a 30% chance of snow showers before 1 p,m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. Saturday night, snow showers likely, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Sunday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Monday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Monday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Tuesday, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Tuesday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Wednesday, a chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 25.

Lake Superior: Today, northwest wind up to 30 knots. Gale force gusts up to 44 knots. Cloudy. A chance of rain showers and snow showers early, then a slight chance of snow showers through early afternoon. A chance of snow showers by mid afternoon. Waves

building to 11 to 15 feet occasionally to 19 feet, then subsiding to 8 to 11 feet occasionally to 14 feet. Tonight, northwest wind 10 to 20 knots becoming 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Cloudy. Waves subsiding to 2 to 3 feet. Friday, southwest wind 10 to 15 knots veering west 10 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet, then building to 2 to 3 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 24 degrees, 1 degree below normal. The high Wednesday was 32 degrees and the overnight low was 16 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, trace. Year to date, 24.28 inches. Normal to date, 34.17 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday, trace. Season to date, 20.9 inches. Normal to date, 30.8 inches.

Sunset: 5:04 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:16 a.m. Friday.