1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,379 Good morning, Northern Michigan, and happy New Year's 2 00:00:03,679 --> 00:00:04,179 Eve. 3 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:06,319 This is Mike, and this is Cup of 4 00:00:06,319 --> 00:00:09,759 Traverse City for New Year's Eve twenty twenty 5 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:10,259 five, 6 00:00:10,719 --> 00:00:13,059 and tomorrow will be 2026. 7 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:14,820 Wow. The year flew by. 8 00:00:15,984 --> 00:00:17,765 Anyway, let's start with the weather. 9 00:00:18,304 --> 00:00:19,684 Snow showers today, 10 00:00:19,984 --> 00:00:22,885 high near 23. Southwest wind five to 15, 11 00:00:23,105 --> 00:00:24,244 becoming northwest 12 00:00:24,625 --> 00:00:25,364 this afternoon, 13 00:00:26,304 --> 00:00:28,545 and winds could gust as high as 30. 14 00:00:28,545 --> 00:00:32,289 Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime accumulation 15 00:00:32,509 --> 00:00:35,090 around an inch is possible. Again, your mileage 16 00:00:35,149 --> 00:00:35,969 may vary. 17 00:00:36,590 --> 00:00:40,030 And tonight, while, the amateurs are out drinking 18 00:00:40,030 --> 00:00:40,689 and partying, 19 00:00:41,390 --> 00:00:43,009 snow showers likely mainly 20 00:00:43,435 --> 00:00:44,495 before 1AM. 21 00:00:44,954 --> 00:00:47,594 Mostly cloudy with a low around twelve. Wind 22 00:00:47,594 --> 00:00:48,094 chill 23 00:00:49,115 --> 00:00:51,675 is gonna be around minus one. Wow. 24 00:00:52,234 --> 00:00:54,475 With gusts as high as 35 miles an 25 00:00:54,475 --> 00:00:58,070 hour, chance precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation 26 00:00:58,449 --> 00:01:01,109 less than one half of an inch possible. 27 00:01:01,890 --> 00:01:04,689 And New Year's Day, 40% chance of snow 28 00:01:04,689 --> 00:01:07,409 showers mainly after 1PM, mostly cloudy with a 29 00:01:07,409 --> 00:01:08,549 high near nineteen. 30 00:01:08,930 --> 00:01:11,269 Wind chill values as low as zero. 31 00:01:12,865 --> 00:01:14,245 Anyway, west wind, 32 00:01:14,865 --> 00:01:17,025 10 to 15 miles an hour with gusts 33 00:01:17,025 --> 00:01:19,825 up to 25. So, you know, blustery, you 34 00:01:19,825 --> 00:01:21,825 know, kind of the way to bring in 35 00:01:21,825 --> 00:01:22,725 the new year. 36 00:01:23,105 --> 00:01:25,844 And speaking of bringing in the new year, 37 00:01:26,590 --> 00:01:28,670 those of you that are familiar with Traverse 38 00:01:28,670 --> 00:01:31,790 City, we have our own ball drop here 39 00:01:31,790 --> 00:01:34,030 in Traverse City similar to the one in 40 00:01:34,030 --> 00:01:36,370 New York, but, obviously, a little smaller. 41 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:38,355 Yeah. Just a little. 42 00:01:38,755 --> 00:01:41,475 And so downtown Traverse City does a thing 43 00:01:41,475 --> 00:01:42,375 called the 44 00:01:42,995 --> 00:01:44,135 cherry tea 45 00:01:44,435 --> 00:01:45,335 ball drop, 46 00:01:46,034 --> 00:01:48,135 and it's been going on for a while. 47 00:01:48,594 --> 00:01:50,375 And what they do is, 48 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,420 you know, is a fundraiser 49 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:55,200 for a charity that they pick out or 50 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:55,939 a nonprofit 51 00:01:56,239 --> 00:01:58,259 or something like that. And this year, 52 00:01:58,640 --> 00:01:58,959 the, 53 00:01:59,599 --> 00:02:00,099 beneficiary 54 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:01,920 is going to be, 55 00:02:03,465 --> 00:02:03,965 NorthEd 56 00:02:04,504 --> 00:02:05,004 Foundation, 57 00:02:05,545 --> 00:02:06,204 I think. 58 00:02:06,665 --> 00:02:08,525 Their website's a little confusing. 59 00:02:09,305 --> 00:02:10,685 Yeah. No. That's right. 60 00:02:11,145 --> 00:02:12,925 That's the 2025 61 00:02:13,384 --> 00:02:13,884 beneficiary. 62 00:02:14,185 --> 00:02:14,685 Anyway, 63 00:02:15,219 --> 00:02:17,219 I'll put the link to the website there 64 00:02:17,219 --> 00:02:20,680 in the show notes over at cupoftraverscity.com. 65 00:02:21,459 --> 00:02:23,239 But, yeah, you have Elmer's 66 00:02:23,539 --> 00:02:24,840 out there with a, 67 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:27,620 you know, big crane, and they drop a 68 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:28,580 lighted cherry, 69 00:02:29,060 --> 00:02:31,955 you know, get it for cherry capital. And, 70 00:02:32,114 --> 00:02:33,974 this is from the festival foundation, 71 00:02:34,275 --> 00:02:36,354 but I guess it's a really good time. 72 00:02:36,354 --> 00:02:39,394 I've never gone to it. You know, usually 73 00:02:39,394 --> 00:02:41,155 on New Year's Eve, I try to stay 74 00:02:41,155 --> 00:02:43,314 home or whatever. We're gonna have a few 75 00:02:43,314 --> 00:02:44,775 friends over tonight. Nothing 76 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:45,980 crazy 77 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,439 and not gonna, you know, not not gonna 78 00:02:48,439 --> 00:02:49,980 be out there with all the amateurs, 79 00:02:51,879 --> 00:02:54,520 out there possibly drinking and driving. Let's hope 80 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,599 people don't do that. So please don't do 81 00:02:56,599 --> 00:02:58,280 that. You know, get a get a ride, 82 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:58,939 you know, 83 00:03:00,084 --> 00:03:00,824 a designated 84 00:03:01,364 --> 00:03:01,864 driver. 85 00:03:03,044 --> 00:03:06,004 But, yeah. It should be, okay, and it 86 00:03:06,004 --> 00:03:07,604 looks like it's gonna be snowing a little 87 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:09,764 bit. It's definitely gonna be cold, but that's 88 00:03:09,764 --> 00:03:10,264 kinda 89 00:03:10,965 --> 00:03:11,944 normal for 90 00:03:12,770 --> 00:03:14,770 this time of year, the end of the 91 00:03:14,770 --> 00:03:15,270 year. 92 00:03:16,050 --> 00:03:17,330 In 2025, 93 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:20,129 just a little reflection in the podcast world 94 00:03:20,129 --> 00:03:20,629 here. 95 00:03:21,569 --> 00:03:24,150 I know you're not probably interested in podcasting, 96 00:03:24,450 --> 00:03:24,950 but, 97 00:03:25,569 --> 00:03:27,685 personally, I I did complete 98 00:03:27,985 --> 00:03:30,944 NAPOD promo over at Mike Dell's World at 99 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:32,405 mike dell dot com 100 00:03:32,944 --> 00:03:33,585 and did, 101 00:03:34,224 --> 00:03:36,784 thirty days and 30 episodes. A lot of 102 00:03:36,784 --> 00:03:39,599 Traverse City history and and all that, in 103 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:41,280 the month. So if you're interested in that 104 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,959 kind of stuff, go check that out. They're 105 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:43,780 longer form 106 00:03:44,319 --> 00:03:46,099 shows than this is. 107 00:03:46,799 --> 00:03:48,500 And one more podcasting 108 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:49,780 note here. 109 00:03:50,719 --> 00:03:53,615 I changed a little bit, just a tiny 110 00:03:53,615 --> 00:03:55,615 little change in the way I'm doing the 111 00:03:55,615 --> 00:03:56,115 audio. 112 00:03:56,735 --> 00:03:59,294 So please let me know if it sounds 113 00:03:59,294 --> 00:04:01,075 better, worse, the same. 114 00:04:01,855 --> 00:04:06,814 You can shoot me an email at mike@mikedell.com, 115 00:04:06,814 --> 00:04:07,314 or 116 00:04:07,719 --> 00:04:08,379 you can 117 00:04:08,759 --> 00:04:11,159 hit me up on social. I'm on x 118 00:04:11,159 --> 00:04:11,659 and 119 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:13,099 Facebook. 120 00:04:13,959 --> 00:04:14,459 So, 121 00:04:14,919 --> 00:04:16,680 you just let let me know if the 122 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:17,660 audio sounds 123 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,399 better, worse, same, should be the same. At 124 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:23,955 least that's my hope, but I did do 125 00:04:23,955 --> 00:04:25,175 a slight configuration 126 00:04:26,355 --> 00:04:27,175 change here. 127 00:04:27,875 --> 00:04:29,154 And I do plan on, 128 00:04:29,875 --> 00:04:31,254 talking talking tomorrow. 129 00:04:31,714 --> 00:04:34,595 So I'm not taking tomorrow off, for this 130 00:04:34,595 --> 00:04:35,654 podcast. So 131 00:04:36,449 --> 00:04:38,050 if you have any topics you want me 132 00:04:38,050 --> 00:04:40,050 to cover, that's also, you know, just a 133 00:04:40,050 --> 00:04:42,129 news story or something, that that would be 134 00:04:42,129 --> 00:04:45,350 great. Same email, mike@mikedell.com. 135 00:04:45,552 --> 00:04:47,632 You can find all the stuff over at 136 00:04:47,632 --> 00:04:49,733 cupoftravorcity.com, 137 00:04:49,793 --> 00:04:51,793 and I will catch you in the new 138 00:04:51,793 --> 00:04:52,293 year.