Marquette and vicinity: Today, patchy fog in the morning. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Cloudy. Highs around 68. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Lows around 57. Light winds. Saturday, partly cloudy. Highs around 70. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday night, a chance of showers overnight. Mostly cloudy.

Lows around 58. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Extended forecast: Sunday, showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 71. Chance of rain 60 percent. Sunday night, a chance of showers in the evening. Partly cloudy. Lows around 55. Chance of rain 40 percent. Columbus Day, a chance of showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 68. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Monday night, showers likely. Lows around 54. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Tuesday, mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs around 64.

Tuesday night, partly cloudy. Lows around 53.

Wednesday, 30 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 66. Wednesday night, mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows around 51. Chance of rain 60 percent. Thursday, mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs around 65.

Lake Superior: Today, Southeast wind less than 10 knots. Mostly cloudy.

Patchy fog through mid afternoon. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms through mid afternoon, then isolated showers and thunderstorms late. Waves calm to 1 foot. Tonight, Southeast wind less than 10 knots veering south after midnight. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Waves calm to 1 foot. Saturday, South wind less than 10 knots backing southeast 5 to

15 knots by mid afternoon. Partly cloudy. Waves building to 1 to

2 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Thursday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 47 degrees, 10 degrees below normal. The high Thursday was 70 degrees and the overnight low was 43 degrees.

Precipitation: Thursday, none. Year to date, 20.96 inches. Normal to date, 28.10 inches.

Sunset: 7:14 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:59 a.m. Saturday.