Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is Mike, and
this is Cup of Traverse City for
12/08/2025.
I've got my cup of coffee right here
in handy.
So let's check out this the, snow forecast
or the weather forecast, which just,
is snow snow snow snow snow.
Although it's not as bad as last year.
Anyway, today isolated snow showers after 4PM,
partly sunny with a high near 26.
South wind 20 five to 10 miles per
hour and a chance of precipitation is 20%.
So here we get some flakes.
And then tonight,
isolated
snow showers before 1AM and snow after 1AM.
There is a blowing snow after 1AM.
Low, around 20. South wind, five to 15
miles per hour, and
gusts as high as 30 miles an hour.
90% chance of snow accumulation
around an inch.
So and then tomorrow, snow likely before 10AM.
So snow snow snow. But last year,
this time,
it was not,
this light.
You know, I I've only really had to
plow snow
one
time. You know? I did a little shoveling,
done all that, but,
I have not had to do a major
plow. And I did, Saturday out at mom's,
and, then I did,
in town,
Sunday. So I got
I got everything,
going and, yeah, wasn't too bad. So
and just, for
reference here,
might as well,
do this. The the snow for the year
here in Traverse City, at least, is 19.6
inches.
Normal would be 10.2
inches,
and we are a 192%
of normal. And the record year for snow
here, our normal is a 101 inches.
Nor the the highest
on record is 1995
to 1996.
We had a 191.2
inches.
Kinda surprised that's not 78.
But,
anyway
and speaking of snow,
there's a thing around here, well, not around
here. It's up in Sault Ste. Marie
is the I 500,
and they have a dedicated
track and all that. But, they
opened up a Trailhead Pavilion,
after years of planning up there in Sault
Ste. Marie at the I 500 Track.
And it's, you know, quite a nice little
facility,
cost $2,500,000,
so it should be pretty nice. But, yeah,
the I five hundred's a big race. The
International five hundred, it's a
professional
snowmobile race, which
you think that's a thing, but, it is.
And there used to be a couple other
races,
the Thunder Bay two fifty over in Alpena
and the Traverse City two fifty
here in, Traverse City. And, the track used
to be out where Elmer's is now,
by Chum's Corners.
Actually,
before it was Elmer's, it was a twin
drive in
Theater,
after the,
track moved. And then they did the, the
track at the fairgrounds,
and
I think they've ran it out,
at the Eagles Club in Interlochen
a couple times.
And
last year, they ran it at the,
Meijer site,
Meijer store site in Williamsburg.
There's a big open grassy area there,
and, they set up a track there. The
two fifty now the Traverse City two fifty
is a vintage snowmobile race. I don't know
what they mean by vintage, but
and I actually wanna get out and and
watch it. I don't think I wanna go
watch the 500. That's,
that's just too much, standing around outside in
the cold or or sitting out in the
cold. You can actually watch it on,
streaming. So whenever, that happens, I'm you know,
maybe the day before, I'll, I'll put that
in the show notes. If anybody wants to
watch, circle track snowmobile racing,
but, kinda interesting.
I'll have a story here,
in the show notes from, seven and four
about the new Trailhead Pavilion there at the
I 500 Track. But,
yeah, with all the snow, it should be
pretty good.
You know, Sault Ste. Marie gets a lot
more snow than we do. You know, looking
at some of the pictures here,
it's kinda nice. It's an outdoor pavilion.
I can't imagine it cost
2,500,000.0,
or maybe that was the grant they got,
and maybe they didn't,
didn't spend it all on that. But, it
looks pretty nice. But, yeah, the I 500
Track is is quite the thing.
It kinda
reminds me of a frozen,
Daytona Track. It's got, you know, a bridge
over the over the track to get into
the infield and
and, you know, it's it's it's like a
NASCAR track, but,
on ice.
And, you know, it's mostly ice and hard
packed snow, you know, when they run the
race. And it has been canceled,
on warm years.
So, anyway,
I I used to go to the t
c two fifty when I was a kid.
It was it was quite cool.
Anyway, that's it for today. We'll catch you
tomorrow.