Marquette and vicinity: Today: Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Friday night:Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Saturday night: A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Extended forecast: Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9 a.m., then a chance of showers between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Tuesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

Lake Superior: Today: NW wind around 10 kt. Sunny. Waves 1 ft or less. Tonight: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Waves 1 ft or less. Friday: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Sunny. Waves 1 ft or less. Friday night: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Waves 1 ft or less. Saturday:Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly sunny. Waves 1 ft or less. Saturday night: N wind 5 to 10 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Waves 1 ft or less. Sunday: N wind 10 to 15 kt. A chance of showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft. Sunday night: N wind 5 to 10 kt. Mostly clear. Waves 1 to 2 ft.

Temperatures: The average temperature Wednesday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 62 degrees, 3 degrees below normal. The high Wednesday was 71 degrees and the overnight low was 53 degrees.

Precipitation: Wednesday, zero inches. Year to date, 26.23 inches. Normal to date, 19.13 inches.

Sunset: 9:23 p.m. this evening

Sunrise: 6:29 a.m. Friday.