Weather
Marquette and vicinity: Today, rain showers, snow showers, and sleet likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 1pm and 2pm. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 35 by noon. Breezy, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 30. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light northwest after midnight.
Extended forecast: Wednesday, sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Wednesday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Thursday, a 50 percent chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Thursday night, showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Friday, a chance of showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Friday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night, mostly clear, with a low around 40. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 62.
Lake Superior: Today, northwest wind up to 30 knots. Cloudy with a chance of rain showers possibly mixed with snow showers, sleet and thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Waves building to 10 to 14 feet occasionally to 18 feet, then subsiding to 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet. Tonight, north wind 5 to 15 knots in the evening becoming variable. Clear. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet.
Temperatures: The average temperature Sunday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 45 degrees, 3 degrees above normal. The high Sunday was 61 degrees and the overnight low was 29 degrees.
Precipitation: Sunday, 0 inches. Year to date, 14.10 inches. Normal to date, 10.27 inches.
Sunset: 8:57 this evening.
Sunrise: 6:38 a.m. Wednesday.