Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy blowing snow in the morning. Snow in the morning, then a chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Cloudy. Snow accumulation around an inch. Highs around 24. South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent. Tonight, patchy blowing snow in the evening. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows 6 to 11 above. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 35 mph.

Extended forecast: Saturday, colder. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then a slight chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Cloudy. Highs around 14. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent. Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows 2 below to 3 above inland to around 6 above at the shore. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Sunday, a chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs 10 to 15. Chance of snow 50 percent.

Sunday night and Monday, mostly cloudy. Lows 2 below to 3 above. Highs 6 to 11 above. Monday night and Tuesday, mostly cloudy. Lows around 9 below inland to around 3 below at the shore. Highs around 9 above. Tuesday night through Wednesday night, mostly cloudy. Lows 2 below to 7 below zero inland to around 1 above at the shore. Highs 10 to 15. Thursday, mostly cloudy. Highs 7 to 12 above.

Lake Superior: Today, south wind up to 30 knots veering southwest 15 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Gale force gusts up to 43 knots. Cloudy. A chance of snow in the morning, then a slight chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Waves building to 3 to 6 feet occasionally to 8 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet. Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 44 knots. A chance of snow showers in the evening, then snow showers after midnight. Freezing spray through the night. Waves building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet, then subsiding to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday, at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 22 degrees, 9 degrees above normal. The high Thursday, was 27 degrees and the overnight low was 16 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday,, .09 inches. Year to date, 4:45 inches. Normal to date, 1.95 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday, 1.8 inches. Season to date, 123.9 inches. Normal to date, 104.9 inches.

Sunset: 5:47 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:19 a.m. Saturday.