Marquette and vicinity: Today, warmer, sunny. Patchy blowing snow in the afternoon. Highs 15 to 20. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph becoming south 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph in the afternoon. Lowest wind chill readings to 35 below zero in the morning. Tonight, breezy, snow. Patchy blowing snow. Snow accumulation around an inch. Lows 5 to 10 above. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph decreasing to 35 mph overnight. Chance of snow 90%. Wind chill readings to 15 below zero.

Extended forecast: Saturday, cloudy with snow showers likely. Highs around 18. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Saturday night, mostly cloudy with snow showers likely. Lows around zero inland to around 6 above at the shore. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Sunday, a chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 12. Chance of snow 50%. Sunday night, a 30% chance of snow overnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows around 2 below inland to around 4 above at the shore.

Monday, mostly cloudy with snow likely. Highs around 16. Chance of snow 70%. Monday night, mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of snow showers. Lows 3 below to 2 above inland to around 4 above at the shore. Tuesday, a chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 8 above. Chance of snow 30%. Tuesday night, mostly cloudy. Lows around 7 below inland to around 1 below at the shore. Wednesday, partly cloudy. Highs around 11.Wednesday night and thursday, mostly cloudy. Lows around

3 below inland to around 3 above at the shore. Highs around 17.

Lake Superior: Today, south wind 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 33 knots. Sunny. Waves building to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet. Tonight, southwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 39 knots. Partly cloudy with a chance of snow in the evening, then cloudy with snow after midnight. Heavy freezing spray through the night. Waves building to 3 to 6 feet occasionally to 8 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 4 degrees, 14 degrees below normal. The high Thursday was 9 degrees and the overnight low was minus 1 degree.

Precipitation: Thursday, .01 inches. Year to date, 2.54 inches. Normal to date, 1.51 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday, .2 inches. Season to date, 106.4 inches. Normal to date, 96.8 inches.

Sunset: 5:38 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:24 a.m. Saturday