Marquette and vicinity: Today, snow showers likely, mainly after 10am. Patchy blowing snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Blustery, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Tonight, snow showers. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 11pm. Low around 18. Wind chill values between zero and 5. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 35 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Extended forecast: Thursday, snow showers. Widespread blowing snow, mainly before 8am. High near 28. Windy, with a north wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Thursday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Friday, a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 25. Friday night, snow showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Saturday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Saturday night, a chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Sunday night, rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Monday, rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Monday night, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Tuesday, snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31.

Lake Superior: Today, southwest wind 15 to 20 knots veering northwest up to 30 knots by late morning. A chance of snow showers through mid morning, then snow showers likely by late morning. Freezing spray late. Waves subsiding to 2 to 3 feet, then building to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet. Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots veering north gales to 35 knots after midnight. Gale force gusts up to 45 knots. Snow showers. Freezing spray. Waves building to 15 to 20 feet occasionally to 25 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 19 degrees, 5 degrees below normal. The high Tuesday was 22 degrees and the overnight low was 16 degrees.

Snowfall: Tuesday, 0 inches. Year to date, 17.7 inches. Normal to date, 33.1 inches.

Sunset: 5:04 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:18 a.m. Thursday.