Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Tonight, scattered snow showers, mainly before 1am. Patchy blowing snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values between zero and 10. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Extended forecast: Tuesday, snow showers likely, mainly between 7am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Tuesday night, snow showers likely, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Wednesday, snow showers likely before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Wednesday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Thursday, partly sunny, with a high near 33. Thursday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Friday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 17. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 28.

Lake Superior: Today, west wind up to 30 knots veering northwest in the afternoon. Gale force gusts up to 42 knots. Cloudy. Isolated snow showers in the morning, then numerous snow showers in the afternoon. Waves building to 11 to 15 feet occasionally to 19 feet. Tonight, north wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 44 knots backing northwest 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 33 knots after midnight. Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves building to 15 to 20 feet occasionally to 25 feet, then subsiding 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 18 degrees, 5 degrees above normal. The high Saturday was 27 degrees and the overnight low was 9 degrees.

Snowfall: Saturday, 4.8 inches. Year to date, 65.3 inches. Normal to date, 103.6 inches.

Sunset: 5:47 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:19 a.m. Tuesday.