Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers, mainly before 2 p.m. Temperature falling to around 22 by 5 p.m. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight, snow showers, mainly after 8 p.m. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 16. Wind chill values between zero and 5. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Saturday, snow showers. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 23. Windy, with a north wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Saturday night, a 30 percent chance of snow showers before 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Windy.

Extended forecast: Sunday, sunny, with a high near 36. Sunday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Monday, partly sunny, with a high near 36. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Tuesday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Tuesday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Wednesday, partly sunny, with a high near 38. Wednesday night, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Thursday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.

Lake Superior: Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 46 knots. Snow showers through mid morning, then a chance of snow showers by late morning. Heavy freezing spray through the day. Waves building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet, then subsiding to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet. Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots veering north after midnight. Gale force gusts up to 44 knots. Snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves subsiding to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet, then building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet. Saturday, north gales to 35 knots with storm force gusts up to 50 knots. Snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves building to 17 to 22 feet occasionally to 28 feet, then subsiding to 12 to 17 feet occasionally to 21 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 37 degrees, 25 degrees above normal. The high Thursday was 40 degrees and the overnight low was 33 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday, .01 inch. Year to date, 9.39 inches. Normal to date, 5.94 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday, none. Season to date, 197.7 inches. Normal to date, 165.9 inches.

Sunset: 7:58 this evening.

Sunrise: 757 a.m. Saturday.