Marquette and vicinity: Today, partly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Tonight, rain, mainly after 2 a.m. Low around 34. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Thursday, rain. High near 38. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Thursday night, snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 11 p.m. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 23. Windy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Extended forecast: Friday, snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 28. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Friday night, snow. Low around 19. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Saturday, snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 23. Blustery. Saturday night, snow likely, mainly before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Blustery. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Sunday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Monday, mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Tuesday, partly sunny, with a high near 38.

Lake Superior: Today, south wind 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 29 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves building to 2 to 4 feet, then subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. Tonight, south wind 5 to 15 knots. A chance of rain in the evening, then rain after midnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Thursday, southeast wind less than 10 knots backing northeast 5 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Rain. Waves building to 1 to 2 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 20 degrees, 4 degrees below normal. The high Tuesday was 33 degrees and the overnight low was 7 degrees.

Precipitation: Tuesday, trace. Year to date, 9.38 inches. Normal to date, 5.77 inches.

Snowfall: Tuesday, trace. Season to date, 197.7 inches. Normal to date, 164.1 inches.

Sunset: 7:56 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:01 a.m. Thursday.