Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 10% chance of showers after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 40. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Tonight, a slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers. Patchy blowing snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Saturday, snow showers likely, mainly before 2 p.m. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 20 by 4 p.m. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Saturday night, a 40% chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Extended forecast: Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 19. Sunday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 12. Monday, mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Tuesday, a chance of snow showers after 8 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. Tuesday night, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Wednesday, snow showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Wednesday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Thursday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.

Lake Superior: Today, southwest wind less than 10 knots veering northwest 5 to 15 knots late. Partly cloudy. A chance of rain showers possibly mixed with snow showers late. Waves calm to 1 foot. Tonight, northwest wind 15 to 25 knots increasing to up to 30 knots after midnight. Gale force gusts up to 41 knots. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers possibly mixed with rain showers through midnight, then snow showers likely after midnight. Waves building to 3 to 6 feet occasionally to 8 feet. Saturday, northwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 39 knots. Cloudy. Snow showers likely through early afternoon, then a chance of snow showers by mid afternoon. Waves subsiding to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 33 degrees, 5 degrees above. The high Thursdday was 36 degrees and the overnight low was 29 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday, 0.12 inches. Year to date, 8.32 inches. Normal to date, 6.61 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday, 0.9 inches. Season to date, 179.2 inches. Normal to date, 172.6 inches.

Sunset: 8:10 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:43 a.m. Saturday.