Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy blowing snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs 12 to 17. Temperature falling to around 5 above in the afternoon. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph inland, except northwest 15 to 25 mph near the shore. Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Lows around 8 below inland to around 2 below at the shore. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

Extended forecast: Friday, cold. A slight chance of snow showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 5 above. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent. Friday night, a chance of snow showers after midnight. Cloudy. Lows 2 below to 7 below zero. Chance of snow 30 percent.

Saturday, much warmer. Cloudy. Highs around 25. Saturday night, a chance of snow showers after midnight. Cloudy. Lows around 18. Chance of snow 30 percent. Sunday, cloudy. Highs around 27. Sunday night, mostly cloudy. Lows 9 to 14 above. Monday, cloudy. Highs around 34. Monday night, cloudy with rain showers likely. Snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows around 27. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Tuesday, a chance of snow showers in the morning. Cloudy. Highs around 33. Chance of snow 40 percent.

Lake Superior: Today, northwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 42 knots. Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet, then subsiding to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet. Tonight, gusts up to 38 knots. Snow showers likely. Heavy freezing spray. Waves subsiding to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 7 degrees, 6 degrees below normal. The high Wednesday was 17 degrees and the overnight low was minus 4 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, trace. Year to date, 4.56 inches. Normal to date, 2.41 inches.

Snowfall: Wednesday, trace. Season to date, 127.3 inches. Normal to date, 112.9 inches.

Sunset: 5:56 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:12 a.m. Friday.