U.P. weather map info:

Houghton: 38°|11°

Ironwood: 44°|13°

Escanaba: 40°|16°

Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Tonight, snow showers likely, mainly after 2 a.m. Patchy blowing snow after 2 a.m. Increasing clouds, with a low around 14. Windy, with a west wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north 20 to 30 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Extended forecast: Friday, snow showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Patchy blowing snow before 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 18. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Friday night, a 20 percent chance of snow showers before 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 16. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Saturday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy. Sunday, partly sunny with a hgih near 41. Sunday night, partly cloudy with a low around 23. Monday, partly sunny, with a high near 42. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy. Tuesday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Tuesday night, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Wednesday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30.

Lake Superior: Gale watch in effect from today through tomorrow afternoon. Today, southwest wind less than 10 knots veering west late. Partly cloudy. Waves calm to 1 foot. Tonight, northwest wind up to 30 knots veering north after midnight. Gale force gusts up to 44 knots. Partly cloudy with snow showers likely after midnight. Heavy freezing spray after midnight. Waves building to 12 to 17 feet occasionally to 21 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 37 degrees, 20 degrees above normal. The high Wednesday was 47 degrees and the overnight low was 26 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, 0.00 inches. Year to date, 4.04 inches. Normal to date, 3.96 inches.

Sunset: 6:25 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:44 a.m. Friday.