1 00:00:00,719 --> 00:00:03,839 Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is Mike, and 2 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:06,899 this is Cup of Traverse City for 3 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:10,500 12/08/2025. 4 00:00:10,639 --> 00:00:12,880 I've got my cup of coffee right here 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:13,539 in handy. 6 00:00:14,205 --> 00:00:17,405 So let's check out this the, snow forecast 7 00:00:17,405 --> 00:00:19,804 or the weather forecast, which just, 8 00:00:20,285 --> 00:00:22,144 is snow snow snow snow snow. 9 00:00:23,244 --> 00:00:25,345 Although it's not as bad as last year. 10 00:00:25,564 --> 00:00:28,864 Anyway, today isolated snow showers after 4PM, 11 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:31,989 partly sunny with a high near 26. 12 00:00:31,989 --> 00:00:34,630 South wind 20 five to 10 miles per 13 00:00:34,630 --> 00:00:37,770 hour and a chance of precipitation is 20%. 14 00:00:37,909 --> 00:00:39,530 So here we get some flakes. 15 00:00:40,229 --> 00:00:41,130 And then tonight, 16 00:00:41,510 --> 00:00:42,010 isolated 17 00:00:42,425 --> 00:00:46,524 snow showers before 1AM and snow after 1AM. 18 00:00:46,905 --> 00:00:49,885 There is a blowing snow after 1AM. 19 00:00:50,344 --> 00:00:54,284 Low, around 20. South wind, five to 15 20 00:00:54,664 --> 00:00:55,965 miles per hour, and 21 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:59,190 gusts as high as 30 miles an hour. 22 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,829 90% chance of snow accumulation 23 00:01:02,210 --> 00:01:03,750 around an inch. 24 00:01:04,450 --> 00:01:07,890 So and then tomorrow, snow likely before 10AM. 25 00:01:07,890 --> 00:01:11,189 So snow snow snow. But last year, 26 00:01:11,924 --> 00:01:12,584 this time, 27 00:01:13,284 --> 00:01:14,424 it was not, 28 00:01:16,325 --> 00:01:17,144 this light. 29 00:01:17,604 --> 00:01:19,525 You know, I I've only really had to 30 00:01:19,525 --> 00:01:20,424 plow snow 31 00:01:21,364 --> 00:01:21,864 one 32 00:01:22,165 --> 00:01:24,744 time. You know? I did a little shoveling, 33 00:01:24,965 --> 00:01:26,129 done all that, but, 34 00:01:26,930 --> 00:01:29,030 I have not had to do a major 35 00:01:29,090 --> 00:01:31,890 plow. And I did, Saturday out at mom's, 36 00:01:31,890 --> 00:01:33,170 and, then I did, 37 00:01:33,969 --> 00:01:34,629 in town, 38 00:01:36,209 --> 00:01:38,229 Sunday. So I got 39 00:01:39,454 --> 00:01:40,435 I got everything, 40 00:01:40,894 --> 00:01:44,114 going and, yeah, wasn't too bad. So 41 00:01:44,655 --> 00:01:46,274 and just, for 42 00:01:46,655 --> 00:01:47,715 reference here, 43 00:01:48,334 --> 00:01:48,974 might as well, 44 00:01:49,774 --> 00:01:52,655 do this. The the snow for the year 45 00:01:52,655 --> 00:01:56,630 here in Traverse City, at least, is 19.6 46 00:01:56,630 --> 00:01:57,130 inches. 47 00:01:58,790 --> 00:02:00,790 Normal would be 10.2 48 00:02:00,790 --> 00:02:01,290 inches, 49 00:02:01,909 --> 00:02:03,990 and we are a 192% 50 00:02:03,990 --> 00:02:07,109 of normal. And the record year for snow 51 00:02:07,109 --> 00:02:09,610 here, our normal is a 101 inches. 52 00:02:10,155 --> 00:02:11,935 Nor the the highest 53 00:02:12,235 --> 00:02:14,394 on record is 1995 54 00:02:14,394 --> 00:02:15,754 to 1996. 55 00:02:15,754 --> 00:02:18,155 We had a 191.2 56 00:02:18,155 --> 00:02:18,655 inches. 57 00:02:19,435 --> 00:02:21,674 Kinda surprised that's not 78. 58 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:22,174 But, 59 00:02:22,634 --> 00:02:22,954 anyway 60 00:02:23,449 --> 00:02:24,909 and speaking of snow, 61 00:02:26,169 --> 00:02:29,049 there's a thing around here, well, not around 62 00:02:29,049 --> 00:02:30,669 here. It's up in Sault Ste. Marie 63 00:02:31,129 --> 00:02:32,969 is the I 500, 64 00:02:32,969 --> 00:02:34,349 and they have a dedicated 65 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:36,669 track and all that. But, they 66 00:02:37,194 --> 00:02:39,215 opened up a Trailhead Pavilion, 67 00:02:40,235 --> 00:02:42,635 after years of planning up there in Sault 68 00:02:42,635 --> 00:02:45,135 Ste. Marie at the I 500 Track. 69 00:02:45,754 --> 00:02:48,074 And it's, you know, quite a nice little 70 00:02:48,074 --> 00:02:48,574 facility, 71 00:02:50,169 --> 00:02:52,110 cost $2,500,000, 72 00:02:52,569 --> 00:02:55,129 so it should be pretty nice. But, yeah, 73 00:02:55,129 --> 00:02:57,289 the I five hundred's a big race. The 74 00:02:57,289 --> 00:02:59,469 International five hundred, it's a 75 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:00,430 professional 76 00:03:00,889 --> 00:03:02,205 snowmobile race, which 77 00:03:03,085 --> 00:03:05,344 you think that's a thing, but, it is. 78 00:03:05,965 --> 00:03:08,444 And there used to be a couple other 79 00:03:08,444 --> 00:03:08,944 races, 80 00:03:09,805 --> 00:03:12,944 the Thunder Bay two fifty over in Alpena 81 00:03:13,645 --> 00:03:16,384 and the Traverse City two fifty 82 00:03:17,099 --> 00:03:20,620 here in, Traverse City. And, the track used 83 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:23,520 to be out where Elmer's is now, 84 00:03:24,379 --> 00:03:25,599 by Chum's Corners. 85 00:03:26,939 --> 00:03:27,439 Actually, 86 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:30,620 before it was Elmer's, it was a twin 87 00:03:30,620 --> 00:03:31,439 drive in 88 00:03:31,965 --> 00:03:32,465 Theater, 89 00:03:33,485 --> 00:03:34,045 after the, 90 00:03:34,605 --> 00:03:36,925 track moved. And then they did the, the 91 00:03:36,925 --> 00:03:38,064 track at the fairgrounds, 92 00:03:38,605 --> 00:03:39,105 and 93 00:03:39,564 --> 00:03:41,085 I think they've ran it out, 94 00:03:41,885 --> 00:03:43,665 at the Eagles Club in Interlochen 95 00:03:44,365 --> 00:03:45,425 a couple times. 96 00:03:46,125 --> 00:03:46,625 And 97 00:03:47,250 --> 00:03:49,090 last year, they ran it at the, 98 00:03:49,810 --> 00:03:50,789 Meijer site, 99 00:03:51,329 --> 00:03:53,110 Meijer store site in Williamsburg. 100 00:03:53,489 --> 00:03:56,229 There's a big open grassy area there, 101 00:03:56,689 --> 00:03:58,849 and, they set up a track there. The 102 00:03:58,849 --> 00:04:01,489 two fifty now the Traverse City two fifty 103 00:04:01,489 --> 00:04:03,685 is a vintage snowmobile race. I don't know 104 00:04:03,685 --> 00:04:05,465 what they mean by vintage, but 105 00:04:06,164 --> 00:04:08,564 and I actually wanna get out and and 106 00:04:08,564 --> 00:04:10,004 watch it. I don't think I wanna go 107 00:04:10,004 --> 00:04:11,525 watch the 500. That's, 108 00:04:12,164 --> 00:04:14,884 that's just too much, standing around outside in 109 00:04:14,884 --> 00:04:16,805 the cold or or sitting out in the 110 00:04:16,805 --> 00:04:19,050 cold. You can actually watch it on, 111 00:04:19,850 --> 00:04:23,129 streaming. So whenever, that happens, I'm you know, 112 00:04:23,129 --> 00:04:25,290 maybe the day before, I'll, I'll put that 113 00:04:25,290 --> 00:04:27,050 in the show notes. If anybody wants to 114 00:04:27,050 --> 00:04:29,629 watch, circle track snowmobile racing, 115 00:04:30,214 --> 00:04:31,754 but, kinda interesting. 116 00:04:32,134 --> 00:04:33,895 I'll have a story here, 117 00:04:34,295 --> 00:04:37,095 in the show notes from, seven and four 118 00:04:37,095 --> 00:04:39,654 about the new Trailhead Pavilion there at the 119 00:04:39,654 --> 00:04:41,435 I 500 Track. But, 120 00:04:41,735 --> 00:04:44,040 yeah, with all the snow, it should be 121 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:45,020 pretty good. 122 00:04:45,399 --> 00:04:47,000 You know, Sault Ste. Marie gets a lot 123 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,560 more snow than we do. You know, looking 124 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,500 at some of the pictures here, 125 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,300 it's kinda nice. It's an outdoor pavilion. 126 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,139 I can't imagine it cost 127 00:04:57,185 --> 00:04:58,485 2,500,000.0, 128 00:04:58,705 --> 00:05:00,625 or maybe that was the grant they got, 129 00:05:00,625 --> 00:05:01,764 and maybe they didn't, 130 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:05,904 didn't spend it all on that. But, it 131 00:05:05,904 --> 00:05:08,305 looks pretty nice. But, yeah, the I 500 132 00:05:08,305 --> 00:05:10,324 Track is is quite the thing. 133 00:05:11,529 --> 00:05:12,110 It kinda 134 00:05:12,810 --> 00:05:14,589 reminds me of a frozen, 135 00:05:16,009 --> 00:05:19,050 Daytona Track. It's got, you know, a bridge 136 00:05:19,050 --> 00:05:21,850 over the over the track to get into 137 00:05:21,850 --> 00:05:23,310 the infield and 138 00:05:24,064 --> 00:05:25,985 and, you know, it's it's it's like a 139 00:05:25,985 --> 00:05:27,264 NASCAR track, but, 140 00:05:27,665 --> 00:05:28,404 on ice. 141 00:05:28,944 --> 00:05:31,345 And, you know, it's mostly ice and hard 142 00:05:31,345 --> 00:05:33,345 packed snow, you know, when they run the 143 00:05:33,345 --> 00:05:35,365 race. And it has been canceled, 144 00:05:36,064 --> 00:05:37,204 on warm years. 145 00:05:37,985 --> 00:05:39,044 So, anyway, 146 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:41,639 I I used to go to the t 147 00:05:41,639 --> 00:05:43,660 c two fifty when I was a kid. 148 00:05:43,959 --> 00:05:45,660 It was it was quite cool. 149 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,579 Anyway, that's it for today. We'll catch you 150 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:50,139 tomorrow.