Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow likely, mainly before 9am. Patchy blowing snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Tonight, scattered snow showers, mainly before 3am. Patchy blowing snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Extended forecast: Friday, partly sunny, with a high near 22. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Friday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Saturday, snow likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Saturday night, a chance of snow before 1am, then isolated snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 21. Sunday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Monday, mostly sunny, with a high near 22. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. Tuesday, partly sunny, with a high near 16.

Lake Superior: Storm warning in effect from Thursday morning through Friday morning. Heavy freezing spray warning in effect from Thursday afternoon through Friday evening. Today, southwest wind 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 27 knots veering west up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 45 knots in the afternoon. Cloudy. A chance of snow in the morning, then isolated snow showers in the afternoon. Freezing spray in the afternoon. Waves building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet. Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 47 knots. Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves building to 12 to 17 feet occasionally to 21 feet, then subsiding to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet. Note: Wave height forecasts are for ice free areas.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 9 degrees, 5 degrees below normal. The high Tuesday was 14 degrees and the overnight low was 4 degrees.

Snowfall: Tuesday, 0.02 inches. Year to date, 78 inches. Normal to date, 116.9 inches.

Sunset: 6:02 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:06 a.m. Friday.