Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers. High near 26. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Tonight, snow showers. Steady temperature around 21. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Friday, snow showers. High near 20. Windy, with a northwest wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Friday night, snow showers. Low around 10. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Saturday, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 15. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Saturday night, snow showers likely, mainly before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Windy.

Extended forecast: Christmas Day, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Blustery. Sunday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Monday, partly sunny, with a high near 19. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Tuesday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Tuesday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Wednesday, partly sunny, with a high near 32.

Lake Superior: Today, southeast wind 10 to 15 knots veering west late. Gusts up to 22 knots. Snow showers. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet, then building to 2 to 3 feet. Tonight, northwest wind 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 27 knots increasing to up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 41 knots after midnight. Snow showers. Freezing spray after midnight. Waves building to 8 to 11 feet occasionally to 14 feet. Friday, northwest gales to 35 knots with storm force gusts up to 50 knots. Snow showers. Freezing spray. Waves building to 20 to 25 feet occasionally to 31 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 2 degrees, 17 degrees below normal. The high Wednesday was 8 degrees and the overnight low was -5 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, .01 inch. Year to date, 41.55 inches. Normal to date, 35.89 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday, ,2 inch. Season to date, 59.5 inches. Normal to date, 56.1 inches.

Sunset: 5:06 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:33 a.m. Friday.