Marquette and vicinity: Today, scattered snow showers. Patchy blowing snow between 10am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tonight, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Extended forecast: Saturday, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Saturday night, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Sunday, snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Sunday night, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Monday, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Tuesday, snow showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 26. Tuesday night, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Wednesday Scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29.

Lake Superior: Today, northwest wind 20 to 25 knots with gale force gusts up to 35 knots. Snow showers. Waves 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet. Tonight, northwest wind 20 to 25 knots with gale force gusts up to 34 knots. Numerous snow showers. Waves building to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 25 degrees, 1 degree below normal. The high Wednesday was 27 degrees and the overnight low was 23 degrees.

Snowfall: Wednesday, 0 inches. Year to date, 7.3 inches. Normal to date, 26.3 inches.

Sunset: 5:05 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:12 a.m. Saturday.