Weather

Marquette and vicinity: Today, scattered snow showers, mainly after 11am. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 12 by 5pm. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tonight, snow showers. Low around 8. Wind chill values between -5 and -10. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Extended forecast: Tuesday, scattered snow showers, mainly before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Tuesday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. Wednesday, mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Wednesday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Thursday, a chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Thursday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Friday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Friday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Blustery. Saturday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22.
Lake Superior: Today, west wind 20 to 25 knots with gale force gusts up to 34 knots. Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Freezing spray. Waves building to 8 to 11 feet occasionally to 14 feet, then subsiding to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet. Tonight, west wind 20 to 25 knots veering northwest after midnight. Gusts up to 32 knots. Snow showers. Freezing spray. Waves subsiding to 5 to 8 feet occasionally to 10 feet, then building to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet. Note: Wave height forecasts are for ice free areas.
Temperatures: The average temperature Saturday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 23 degrees, 8 degrees above normal. The high Saturday was 25 degrees and the overnight low was 20 degrees.
Snowfall: Saturday, 0 inches. Year to date, 46.8 inches. Normal to date, 84.4 inches.
Sunset: 5:28 this evening.
Sunrise: 8:31 a.m. Tuesday.