Marquette and vicinity: Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Saturday: Increasing clouds, with a temperature falling to around 45 by 5pm. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Sunday night: A 30% chance of showers after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Extended forecast: Monday: Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Monday night: Showers likely, mainly before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Wednesday night:

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Thursday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

Lake Superior: Today: S wind 10 to 20 kt, with gusts as high as 35 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11 a.m. Waves 1 to 3 ft. Friday night:

WSW wind 10 to 15 kt becoming WNW after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 1 ft or less. Saturday:

N wind 15 to 20 kt, with gusts as high as 30 kt. Partly sunny. Waves 3 to 5 ft. Saturday night: NNE wind 5 to 10 kt becoming SE after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 ft. Sunday: SSE wind 10 to 15 kt. Mostly sunny. Waves around 1 ft. Sunday night: SSE wind around 15 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. A chance of showers after 2 a.m. Waves around 1 ft. Columbus Day SSE wind 10 to 15 kt, with gusts as high as 25 kt. Showers likely. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Monday night: WSW wind around 10 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. Showers likely. Waves around 1 ft.

Temperatures:The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 48 degrees, 2 degrees above normal. The high Thursday was 57 degrees and the overnight low was 39 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday, zero inches. Year to date, 36.34 inches. Normal to date, 27.17 inches.

Snow: Zero inches, year to date .8 inches.

Sunset: 7:14 this evening

Sunrise: 8:00 a.m. Saturday.