U.P. weather map info:

Houghton: 46°|34°

Ironwood: 46|30°

Escanaba: 51°|35°

Marquette and vicinity: Today, showers likely, mainly before 8 a.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with high near 44. Breezy, with a north wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Extended forecast: Saturday, sunny, with high near 50. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Saturday night, a 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 54. Sunday night, mostly clear, with a low around 38. Monday, mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Monday night, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Tuesday, showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Tuesday night, showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy. Wednesday, showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low near 56. Wednesday night, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Thursday, a chance of a showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51.

Lake Superior: Gale warning in effect through late tonight. Today, northwest wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 41 knots. Cloudy through mid morning then becoming partly cloudy. A chance of rain showers through mid morning. Waves building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet, then subsiding to 9 to 12 feet occasionally to 15 feet. Tonight, northwest wind 20 to 25 knots with gale force gusts up to 38 knots. Mostly clear. Waves subsiding to 5 to 8 feet occasionally to 10 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 49 degrees, 14 degrees above normal. The high Thursday was 57 degrees and the overnight low was 40 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday, trace. Year to date, 10.41 inches. Normal to date, 8.48 inches.

Sunset: 8:35 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:09 a.m. Saturday.