Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy blowing snow before noon. Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Tonight, increasing clouds, with a low around 27. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Extended forecast: Friday, a 30 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Friday night, a chance of rain and snow showers before 8pm, then a chance of snow showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 25. Saturday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Sunday, snow showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Sunday night, snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Monday, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Tuesday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.

Lake Superior: Gale warning until Thursday evening. Today, north wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 38 knots becoming northwest 10 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Waves subsiding to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet. Tonight, south wind 10 to 20 knots. Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet, then building to 2 to 3 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 30 degrees, 6 degrees above normal. The high Tuesday was 34 degrees and the overnight low was 26 degrees.

Snowfall: Tuesday, 0 inches. Year to date, 143.9 inches. Normal to date, 167.7 inches.

Sunset: 8:03 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:53 a.m. Friday.