Weather
Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy fog in the morning. Cloudy with a chance of freezing drizzle and snow showers. Highs around 32. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Tonight, cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 19. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Extended forecast: Friday, colder. A chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 22. North winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
Friday night and Saturday, mostly cloudy. Lows around 7 above inland to around 16 at the shore. Highs around 29. Saturday night, mostly cloudy. Lows around 23. Sunday and Sunday night, cloudy. Highs around 35. Lows around 29. Martin Luther King Jr Day, cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Rain showers likely in the afternoon. Highs around 36. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. Monday night, cloudy. Snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows around 29. Chance of snow 70 percent. Tuesday, cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs around 34. Chance of snow 50 percent.
Lake Superior: Today, north wind 15 to 25 knots. Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Waves building to 5 to 8 feet occasionally to 10 feet. Tonight, north wind 20 to 25 knots. Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Freezing spray after midnight. Waves building to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet, then subsiding to 5 to 8 feet occasionally to 10 feet.
Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 31 degrees, x16 degrees above normal. The high Wednesday was 33 degrees and the overnight low was29 degrees.
Precipitation: Wednesday, .06 inches. Year to date, 2.17 inches. Normal to date, .84 inches.
Snowfall: Wednesday, .3 inches. Season to date, 102.8 inches. Normal to date, 84.4 inches.
Sunset: 5:26 this evening.
Sunrise: 8:32 a.m. Friday.
