Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 20. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. Windy, with a northwest wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 7 inches possible. Tonight, snow showers. Low around 12. Wind chill values between -5 and -10. Windy, with a northwest wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Saturday, snow showers. High near 17. Windy, with a northwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Saturday night, snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 14. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Extended forecast: Christmas Day, a 40 %t chance of snow showers before 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18. Blustery. Sunday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 12.

Monday, partly sunny, with a high near 21. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Tuesday, partly sunny, with a high near 25. Tuesday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Wednesday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 33.

Lake Superior: Today, northwest gales to 35 knots with storm force gusts up to 49 knots. Snow showers. Freezing spray. Waves building to 20 to 25 feet occasionally to 31 feet. Tonight, northwest gales to 40 knots with storm force gusts up to 51 knots. Snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves building to 22 to 27 feet occasionally to 34 feet. Saturday, northwest gales to 40 knots with storm force gusts up to 51 knots. Snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves subsiding to 20 to 25 feet occasionally to 31 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 16 degrees, 2 degrees below normal. The high Thursday was 25 degrees and the overnight low was 7 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday, .29 inch. Year to date, 41.90 inches. Normal to date, 35.90 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday, 4.3 inches. Season to date, 64.7 inches. Normal to date, 57.5 inches.

Sunset: 5:07 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:32 a.m. Saturday.