Weather

Marquette and vicinity: Today, rain and snow, becoming all snow after 3pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy blowing snow after 3pm. Patchy fog between 1pm and 3pm. High near 36. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Tonight, snow showers likely, mainly before 1am. Patchy blowing snow before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Blustery, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Extended forecast: Saturday, a 30 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Saturday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 8. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Sunday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Monday, mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Monday night, a chance of rain and snow showers before 1am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Tuesday, showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Tuesday night, rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Wednesday, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Wednesday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Thursday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 28.
Lake Superior: Today, south wind 15 to 25 knots veering west by late morning, then veering north up to 30 knots late. Patchy fog through early afternoon. Snow in the morning. A chance of rain through the day. Snow showers likely in the afternoon. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet, then building to 8 to 11 feet occasionally to 14 feet. Tonight, north wind up to 30 knots. Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Heavy freezing spray through the night. Waves building to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet, then subsiding to 6 to 9 feet occasionally to 11 feet.
Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 36 degrees, 17 degrees above normal. The high Tuesday was 48 degrees and the overnight low was 24 degrees.
Snowfall: Tuesday, 0 inches. Year to date, 108 inches. Normal to date, 145.8 inches.
Sunset: 6:35 this evening.
Sunrise: 7:31 a.m. Saturday.