Marquette and vicinity: Today, showers likely, mainly before 9am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 44 by 10am. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Extended forecast: Thursday, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Thursday night, showers. Low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Friday, a 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Friday night, a chance of showers. Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Saturday, a chance of showers before 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night, mostly clear, with a low around 36. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Sunday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Monday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Lake Superior: Today, northwest wind 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 33 knots. Cloudy with a chance of rain showers in the morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Waves building to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet, then subsiding to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet. Tonight, west wind 10 to 15 knots backing southwest after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 61 degrees, 20 degrees above normal. The high Tuesday was 74 degrees and the overnight low was 48 degrees.

Precipitation: Tuesday, 0 inches. Year to date, 29.79 inches. Normal to date, 30.01 inches.

Sunset: 6:48 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:22 a.m. Thursday.