Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy blowing snow in the morning. Snow showers with rain showers likely in the morning, then rain and snow showers likely in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Highs around 35. East winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 100 percent. Tonight, cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 27. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

Extended forecast: Friday, a chance of snow showers in the morning, then snow showers likely in the afternoon. Cloudy. Highs around 32. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent. Friday night through Saturday night, cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows 20 to 25. Highs around 31.

Sunday, a chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 28. Chance of snow 40 percent. Sunday night, mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 9 above inland to around 15 at the shore. Monday, mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs 16 to 21 inland to around 23 at the shore. Monday night and Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 5 above inland to around 11 at the shore. Highs 14 to 19 inland to around 21 at the shore.

Lake Superior: Gale warning in effect through this afternoon. Today, southeast wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 40 knots. Rain showers possibly mixed with snow showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Waves building to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet.

Tonight, southeast wind 5 to 15 knots. Cloudy. A chance of rain showers possibly mixed with snow showers in the evening, then rain showers likely possibly mixed with snow showers after midnight. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 30 degrees, 9 degrees above normal. The high Wednesday was 33 degrees and the overnight low was 26 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, trace. Year to date, 40.57 inches. Normal to date, 35.33 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday, trace. Season to date, 47.5inches. Normal to date, 46.9 inches.

Sunset: 5:03 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:28 a.m. Friday.