Weather
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 3 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight, a 20 percent chance of snow showers before 10 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Extended forecast:
Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday night, mostly clear, with a low around 20.
Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 43.
Saturday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy.
Sunday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Monday, partly sunny, with a high near 59.
Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Tuesday, partly sunny, with a high near 61.
Lake Superior: Today, west wind 15 to 25 knots increasing to up to 30 knots in the afternoon. Gale force gusts up to 39 knots. Mostly cloudy.
A slight chance of snow showers in the morning, then a chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Waves building to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet.
Tonight, west wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 41 knots becoming northwest 10 to 20 knots after midnight. Mostly cloudy.
A slight chance of snow showers in the evening. Waves building to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 6 feet occasionally to 8 feet.
Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 33 degrees, 1 degree above normal. The high Wednesday was 38 degrees and the overnight low was 28 degrees.
Precipitation: Wednesday, .32 inches. Year to date, 13.29 inches. Normal to date, 7.79 inches.
Snowfall: Wednesday, .4 inches. Season to date, 229.6inches. Normal to date, 181.9 inches.
Sunset: 8:26 this evening
Sunrise: 7:18 a.m. Friday
