U.P. weather map info: Houghton: 72|49° Ironwood: 70|43° Escanaba: 66|50°

Marquette and vicinity: Today, sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Low around 52. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half an inch possible.

Extended forecast: Sunday, a 50 percent chance of showers after 8 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a steady temperature around 53. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Sunday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Monday, a 30 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m. Sunny, with a high near 59. Monday night, a chance of showers before 2 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Tuesday, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Tuesday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Wednesday, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Wednesday night, mostly clear, with a low around 44. Thursday, sunny, with a high near 66.

Lake Superior: Gale warning in effect from this afternoon through tomorrow night. Today, south wind 10 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Gale force gusts up to 37 knots. Sunny. Waves building to 2 to 4 feet. Tonight, south wind 15 to 25 knots veering west 10 to 20 knots after midnight. Gale force gusts up to 36 knots. Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a slight chance of showers in the evening, then mostly clear wth a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Waves building to 3 to 5 feet occasionally to 7 feet, then subsiding to 2 to 3 feet.

Temperatures: The average temperature Friday at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee Township was 48 degrees, 1 degree below normal. The high Friday was 62 degrees and the overnight low was 34 degrees.

Precipitation: Friday, 0.00 inches. Year to date, 27.52 inches. Normal to date, 27.70 inches.

Sunset: 7:22 this evening.

Sunrise: 7:54 a.m. Sunday.