Weather
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 50 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 2pm. Patchy blowing snow between noon and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Extended forecast: Friday, a 30 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow between 9am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Friday night, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Saturday, scattered snow showers. Patchy blowing snow before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Saturday night, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, scattered snow showers. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. Sunday night, scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. Monday, scattered snow showers. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 3. Monday night, partly cloudy, with a low around -8. Tuesday, mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 8. Tuesday night, partly cloudy, with a low around -1. Wednesday, a chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 17.
Lake Superior: Today, northwest wind up to 30 knots. Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Waves building to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet, then subsiding to 8 to 11 feet occasionally to 14 feet. Tonight, northwest wind 15 to 25 knots backing southwest 10 to 20 knots after midnight. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening. Waves subsiding to 2 to 4 feet. Note: Wave height forecasts are for ice free areas.
Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 12 degrees, 2 degrees below normal. The high Wednesday was 19 degrees and the overnight low was 5 degrees.
Snowfall: Wednesday, 0 inches. Year to date, 55.9 inches. Normal to date, 90 inches.
Sunset: 5:32 this evening.
Sunrise: 8:29 a.m. Friday.