The Weather Channel – RetroCast (weather.com)

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[−] sigspec 44d ago
I love how it's built. How they did the blurring and filter stacking. I assumed the whole thing was being streamed in as video.

Good job Weather Channel dev. I just wish it would loop forever. Make a loop checkbox at the start screen.

Also the music slaps.

[−] wolrah 44d ago
This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000, but it's been done much better by someone else here: https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/

Also for those of us like me who grew up with a cable provider that still ran the old WeatherStar III, there's this one: https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/

[−] jameslk 44d ago
It's nearly perfect. My only complaint is I wish it would keep playing on repeat, and rotate through more smooth jazz. Then I could have this on a screen in my living room, fall asleep on my couch in a snuggie, and wake up to its garish light and jazz at 3am just like old times
[−] jimmydddd 43d ago
Great job. Thanks. Why the intermittant timed stop? Is it just to break it up since its a short clip? Like others have said, there are several projects recreating the old weather channel vibe, each with its own spin. And if you don't need current weather info, there are some good yt vids that play old clips with the music in the background.
[−] Aldipower 43d ago
This is really cool. But showing Fahrenheit, despite everything else is perfectly localized, for my home town Hamburg in Germany, is somewhat useless. Guys from the US, we use Celcius here! :-P
[−] altairprime 44d ago
Don’t miss the unmute icon in the lower right (at least on my browser).
[−] kilroy123 43d ago
Shameful plug, but I have a weather channel on channel surfer:

https://channelsurfer.tv/?ch=50

[−] leduyquang753 44d ago
"This content is no longer available in your area"

What kind of sensitive thing is there that the page must be region-restricted?

[−] odiroot 44d ago
Looks awesome, if only it used correct units.
[−] pkmx 43d ago
Interesting tidbit: According to the metadata embedded in the music, it was generated by Suno: https://weather.com/retro/assets/sound/music/neon-office-gli...

Title: Neon Office Glide Performer: 555indigo comment: made with suno; created=2026-03-31T19:07:49.773Z; id=f122d9dc-493a-4249-b7d7-3b4fd2995726 lyrics-eng: [Instrumental]

[−] thrilleratplay 43d ago
This hit the nostalgia hard. To complete this would be an IPTV feed to stream it through my TV. It would be nice to be able to wake up and put this on while eating breakfast.