Weather
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, a slight chance of snow showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Extended forecast: Saturday, a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.Saturday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Sunday night, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Monday, rain and snow showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Monday night, snow showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28.Tuesday night snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Wednesday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Wednesday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Thursday, a chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 23.
Lake Superior: Today, west wind 15 to 20 knots veering northwest late. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Waves subsiding to 2 to 4 feet, then building to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet. Tonight, northwest wind 10 to 15 knots backing west less than 10 knots after midnight. Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet.
Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 20 degrees, 3 degrees below normal. The high Thursday was 24 degrees and the overnight low was 15 degrees.
Snowfall: Thursday, 7.1 inches. Year to date, 28.1 inches. Normal to date, 35.6 inches.
Sunset: 5:03 this evening.
Sunrise: 8:20 a.m. Thursday.