Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 17. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of snow 50 percent. Tonight, partly cloudy in the evening, then cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers overnight. Patchy blowing snow overnight. Lows around 2 above inland to around 8 above at the shore. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph overnight. Wind chill readings to 15 below zero.

Extended forecast: Saturday, a 20 percent chance of snow showers in the morning. Patchy blowing snow. Cloudy. Highs around 24. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Lowest wind chill readings to 15 below zero in the morning. Saturday night, mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Sunday and Sunday night, colder. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs 11 to 16. Lows around 5 below inland to around 1 above at the shore.

Monday, cold. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs around 5 above. Monday night, a chance of snow showers in the evening. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 7 below inland to around zero at the shore. Chance of snow 40 percent. Tuesday and Tuesday night, warmer. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 15. Lows 6 to 11 above. Wednesday through Thursday, mostly cloudy. Highs around 28. Lows 13 to 18.

Lake Superior: Today, north wind 10 to 15 knots backing west in the afternoon. Freezing spray in the morning. Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. Friday night, south wind 15 to 25 knots with gale force gusts up to 38 knots. Partly cloudy in the evening, then cloudy with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Freezing spray after midnight. Waves building to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 12 degrees, 4 degrees below normal. The high Thursday was 13 degrees and the overnight low was 11 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday, .34 inches. Year to date, 1.62 inches. Normal to date, .46 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday, 7.3 inches. Season to date, 88.0 inches. Normal to date, 77.6 inches.

Sunset: 5:20 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:33 a.m. Saturday