Marquette and vicinity: Tonight, showers. High near 44. Windy, with a north wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Today, showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Extended forecast: Friday, showers. High near 44. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Friday night, showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Saturday, a 40 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Saturday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Sunday night, showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Monday, showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Monday night, rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Tuesday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Tuesday night, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Wednesday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.

Lake Superior: Today, northeast wind up to 30 knots with gale force gusts up to 38 knots. Rain showers through early afternoon, then a chance of rain showers late. Waves subsiding to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet. Tonight, north wind 15 to 25 knots. Rain showers. Waves subsiding to 4 to 7 feet occasionally to 9 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Tuesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 46 degrees, 17 degrees above normal. The high Tuesday was 50 degrees and the overnight low was 41 degrees.

Snowfall: Tuesday, 0 inches. Year to date, 1.8 inches. Normal to date, 18.1 inches.

Sunset: 5:11 this evening.

Sunrise: 8:01 a.m. Friday.