1 00:00:00,799 --> 00:00:03,279 Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is your cup 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,379 of Traverse City for 03/06/2026, 3 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:09,220 and I'm Mike. 4 00:00:09,599 --> 00:00:11,679 And I do have my coffee handy. I 5 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:12,820 hope you do too. 6 00:00:14,335 --> 00:00:16,094 Let's see. Have you ever heard of a 7 00:00:16,094 --> 00:00:16,995 slush cup? 8 00:00:18,175 --> 00:00:20,175 I thought that was a pretty good name 9 00:00:20,175 --> 00:00:22,335 for the events that are gonna be happening 10 00:00:22,335 --> 00:00:25,394 at, Mount Holiday in Hickory Hills, 11 00:00:26,095 --> 00:00:26,994 in the coming, 12 00:00:27,390 --> 00:00:29,730 I don't know, I guess it's the fifteenth, 13 00:00:29,869 --> 00:00:31,649 sixteenth, something like that. 14 00:00:33,309 --> 00:00:35,710 The two local ski hills have announced closing 15 00:00:35,710 --> 00:00:38,750 dates. Mount Holiday will be closed from the 16 00:00:38,750 --> 00:00:41,229 ninth till the twelfth to preserve snow for 17 00:00:41,229 --> 00:00:42,929 the annual slush cup, 18 00:00:43,355 --> 00:00:46,155 which will occur on Saturday, March 14 as 19 00:00:46,155 --> 00:00:48,094 part of the end of season bash. 20 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,895 You're gonna have, $10 lift tickets. 21 00:00:51,435 --> 00:00:54,495 The slush cup itself starts at 11AM, 22 00:00:54,954 --> 00:00:57,274 and they're gonna have a DJ and hot 23 00:00:57,274 --> 00:00:59,060 dogs dogs and the and the bar and 24 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:00,979 grill there. The tea bar and grill will 25 00:01:00,979 --> 00:01:01,640 be open, 26 00:01:02,340 --> 00:01:04,120 before they shift into their 27 00:01:05,540 --> 00:01:06,599 March 17, 28 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,079 change to spring 29 00:01:09,459 --> 00:01:11,625 hours. By the way, that's, the t bar 30 00:01:11,625 --> 00:01:13,944 over there has pretty good food, and it's 31 00:01:13,944 --> 00:01:15,084 open year round. 32 00:01:15,704 --> 00:01:17,805 So, go check it out. That's at, 33 00:01:18,584 --> 00:01:21,944 Holiday Hill or how Mount Holiday, they call 34 00:01:21,944 --> 00:01:24,025 it. I always call it Holiday Hills for 35 00:01:24,025 --> 00:01:26,519 some reason, but that's the neighborhood it's in. 36 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,359 Hickory Hills will hold its own slush cup 37 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:34,060 Saturday, March 15 from one to 3PM, 38 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,780 and it's a tradition that 39 00:01:37,239 --> 00:01:40,539 challenges skiers and snowboarders to make it across 40 00:01:40,759 --> 00:01:43,534 to a pond of icy water often the 41 00:01:43,534 --> 00:01:44,435 most outrageous 42 00:01:45,295 --> 00:01:45,795 costumes, 43 00:01:46,534 --> 00:01:47,075 and everything. 44 00:01:47,534 --> 00:01:49,614 Yeah. I know Crystal Mountain does that as 45 00:01:49,614 --> 00:01:50,435 well. But, 46 00:01:50,974 --> 00:01:51,534 yeah, they, 47 00:01:52,655 --> 00:01:54,255 it it looks like a lot of fun, 48 00:01:54,255 --> 00:01:56,515 but if you fall in the water, it's 49 00:01:57,049 --> 00:01:59,790 pretty cold. So hopefully, they have 50 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:01,790 have 51 00:02:03,370 --> 00:02:05,930 done their their due diligence and they have 52 00:02:05,930 --> 00:02:08,889 warm up shacks and people there to pull 53 00:02:08,889 --> 00:02:10,569 pull people out of the water and all 54 00:02:10,569 --> 00:02:12,594 that stuff. But, you you know, a lot 55 00:02:12,594 --> 00:02:14,675 of times people go right across it. 56 00:02:15,314 --> 00:02:17,495 It's kind of kinda interesting to watch. 57 00:02:17,955 --> 00:02:20,115 You know, on YouTube, there's some videos of 58 00:02:20,115 --> 00:02:22,375 the one at Crystal Mountain that I saw. 59 00:02:22,675 --> 00:02:23,175 But 60 00:02:23,635 --> 00:02:26,694 anyway, so the slush cup is happening soon. 61 00:02:27,290 --> 00:02:27,610 It's, 62 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:30,030 just another sign of 63 00:02:30,889 --> 00:02:31,870 March mudness 64 00:02:32,650 --> 00:02:34,909 as, as I keep saying here. 65 00:02:35,770 --> 00:02:38,349 Speaking of that, looking out my 66 00:02:39,450 --> 00:02:40,510 looking out of my, 67 00:02:40,969 --> 00:02:42,030 or through my 68 00:02:42,664 --> 00:02:45,144 security camera on my driveway, and I'm noticing 69 00:02:45,144 --> 00:02:47,384 that the mailbox looks a lot taller than 70 00:02:47,384 --> 00:02:49,405 it did a couple of weeks ago. 71 00:02:50,025 --> 00:02:52,185 The snow piles were all the way up 72 00:02:52,185 --> 00:02:54,284 to the same height as the mailbox, 73 00:02:55,110 --> 00:02:57,110 and now it looks like about a six 74 00:02:57,110 --> 00:03:00,009 inch little pile left there, along 75 00:03:00,549 --> 00:03:01,610 along the road. 76 00:03:02,069 --> 00:03:04,629 So, the snow banks are melting. You know, 77 00:03:04,629 --> 00:03:06,489 you know, of course, the parking lots, 78 00:03:07,125 --> 00:03:08,424 you know, Walmart's 79 00:03:08,724 --> 00:03:11,764 parking lot. They've got still mountains of snow 80 00:03:11,764 --> 00:03:14,164 over there, but, and, you know, same thing 81 00:03:14,164 --> 00:03:17,044 around Cherryland Center and and the, 82 00:03:18,084 --> 00:03:21,530 Grand Traverse Mall, all that. But, it's melting. 83 00:03:21,590 --> 00:03:22,890 And speaking of weather, 84 00:03:23,830 --> 00:03:27,830 today's showers mainly after 4PM. Patchy fog, high 85 00:03:27,830 --> 00:03:29,129 near 56. 86 00:03:29,750 --> 00:03:32,069 South wind, five to 10 miles per hour. 87 00:03:32,069 --> 00:03:32,890 Chance for 88 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:34,114 precipitation, 89 00:03:35,534 --> 00:03:36,034 Friday, 90 00:03:37,294 --> 00:03:38,435 is 90%. 91 00:03:38,894 --> 00:03:39,715 New precipitation 92 00:03:40,014 --> 00:03:41,694 amounts between a tenth and a quarter of 93 00:03:41,694 --> 00:03:44,655 an inch possible. Tonight, showers. And notice it 94 00:03:44,655 --> 00:03:47,474 didn't say snow showers. It said showers 95 00:03:48,310 --> 00:03:49,050 and possibly 96 00:03:49,349 --> 00:03:50,250 a thunderstorm 97 00:03:50,790 --> 00:03:52,090 before 10PM. 98 00:03:52,230 --> 00:03:54,310 We already had one this year, so that's 99 00:03:54,310 --> 00:03:55,530 not out of the question. 100 00:03:56,310 --> 00:03:58,409 And then a chance of showers and thunderstorms 101 00:03:58,870 --> 00:04:01,669 between ten and 1AM and then showers and 102 00:04:01,669 --> 00:04:02,810 possibly a thunderstorm. 103 00:04:03,665 --> 00:04:06,465 Well, they're they're very verbose on this, weather 104 00:04:06,465 --> 00:04:06,965 forecast. 105 00:04:07,745 --> 00:04:10,165 But just just say, hey. It's gonna rain 106 00:04:10,465 --> 00:04:10,784 and, 107 00:04:11,745 --> 00:04:12,145 it's, 108 00:04:12,625 --> 00:04:15,905 possibly thunderstorms. New rainfall amounts between a quarter 109 00:04:15,905 --> 00:04:17,579 and a half an inch possible. So that's 110 00:04:17,579 --> 00:04:19,819 quite a bit. That's gonna melt the snow. 111 00:04:19,819 --> 00:04:20,720 Hopefully, the 112 00:04:21,180 --> 00:04:24,240 ski hills will will remain snow covered, 113 00:04:25,339 --> 00:04:27,740 because I don't think my yard is going 114 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:28,399 to be. 115 00:04:29,660 --> 00:04:32,459 Saturday shower is likely possibly a thunderstorm before 116 00:04:32,459 --> 00:04:33,774 1PM. 117 00:04:34,154 --> 00:04:37,694 Mostly cloudy with a temperature rising near 58. 118 00:04:37,995 --> 00:04:38,495 Wow. 119 00:04:38,795 --> 00:04:39,694 58. 120 00:04:41,115 --> 00:04:41,595 And, 121 00:04:42,395 --> 00:04:44,254 then falling to around 40, 122 00:04:45,194 --> 00:04:47,754 later on in the day. Southwest wind 10 123 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:48,415 to 15. 124 00:04:50,050 --> 00:04:52,149 And let's see. We'll go through the weekend. 125 00:04:52,209 --> 00:04:54,850 Saturday night, mostly cloudy with a low around 126 00:04:54,850 --> 00:04:55,750 32. 127 00:04:55,889 --> 00:04:57,350 So getting cold again. 128 00:04:58,769 --> 00:04:59,269 Sunday's, 129 00:05:01,105 --> 00:05:05,125 Sunday is a high near 52. Southwest winds, 130 00:05:05,824 --> 00:05:06,805 10 to 15. 131 00:05:08,225 --> 00:05:11,264 And then Sunday night, partly cloudy with a 132 00:05:11,264 --> 00:05:12,785 little around 44. 133 00:05:12,785 --> 00:05:15,264 And Monday's gonna be 57 134 00:05:15,264 --> 00:05:16,725 and sunny. So, 135 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,819 yeah. I think spring has sprung. The groundhog 136 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:21,779 was wrong. 137 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:24,579 Let's fire the groundhog 138 00:05:25,039 --> 00:05:25,539 or 139 00:05:26,209 --> 00:05:28,769 or maybe barbecue him. I don't know. I 140 00:05:28,769 --> 00:05:30,629 don't know what a groundhog tastes like. 141 00:05:30,929 --> 00:05:33,329 Anyway, everybody have a great weekend. I'll catch 142 00:05:33,329 --> 00:05:34,228 you on Monday.