Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Patchy blowing snow between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around -2. Wind chill values between -5 and -15. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Extended forecast: Friday, partly sunny, with a high near 20. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Friday night, snow showers. Low around 14. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Saturday, a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Saturday night, snow showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 12. Sunday night, a chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. Monday, a chance of snow showers. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 6. Monday night, a chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Tuesday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 10. Tuesday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Wednesday, a chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 16.

Lake Superior: Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots. Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely through mid morning, then a slight chance of snow showers by late morning. Heavy freezing spray through the day. Waves building to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet, then subsiding to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet. Tonight, west wind 15 to 25 knots diminishing to 10 to 20 knots after midnight. Partly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening. Heavy freezing spray in the evening. Waves subsiding to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was -2 degrees, 17 degrees below normal. The high Wednesday was 13 degrees and the overnight low was -17 degrees.

Snowfall: Wednesday, 0.2 inches. Year to date, 83.3 inches. Normal to date, 127.2 inches.

Sunset: 6:13 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:56 a.m. Friday.