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The Weather Channel – RetroCast
- altairprime 6mo agoDon’t miss the unmute icon in the lower right (at least on my browser).
- scottrogers86 6mo agowhy do i love this so much? nostalgia hitting hard these days.
- wolrah 6mo agoThis 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/ 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/ https://weatherstar3000.netbymatt.com/
- sandy_coyote 6mo agoThis reminds me of a sports channel I recall from the late 80s on cable TV. Sportsnet? Sportswire? I can't find anything about it online but I remember the music well.
- efilife 6mo agoThe one you posted works only for americans
- wolrah 6mo agoWere the real things ever available outside of America? Either way, thanks to the wonders of open source here's a fork that works for other parts of the world: https://mwood77.github.io/ws4kp-international/ https://mwood77.github.io/ws4kp-international/
- justsomehnguy 6mo agoGot really confused why is my WinAmp was double decked there. Thanks!
- kube-system 6mo agoBecause, IIRC (it has been a while since I’ve looked at the code) it grabs weather from the US National Weather Service… which is also a primary source of data for the original WeatherStar. It’s useful for this purpose because all of the data is in the same format as the original down to the different forecast types and phrasing used
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- zoklet-enjoyer 6mo agoUghhhh snow storm tomorrow
- Waterluvian 6mo agoThis is pretty neat. I think I probably get this transmission on Infochammel.
- kelvinjps10 6mo agothat one doesn't put my laptop to aspirate and it;s fast
- troad 6mo agoThis may be an age or geography thing, but Weather.com/Retro looks a lot more like the weather channels I remember than either of your two links. I don't think they were trying to recreate the thing you were expecting, but it seems a little harsh to call it low effort. It's neat! A fun little nod to their history.
- wolrah 6mo ago> This may be an age or geography thing, but Weather.com/Retro looks a lot more like the weather channels I remember than either of your two links. That'll be a memory thing then, because unsurprisingly there are some serious Weather Channel nerds out there and the history of the local programming as well as the STARs that powered it is quite well documented. The only thing that looked anything like this was the WS4000. WeatherStar III and Jr. didn't have graphics at all while WeatherStar XL had a much more modern graphic design. If you want to nerd out on this stuff, here's a good link to start with: https://www.twcarchive.com/wiki/Weather_Star https://www.twcarchive.com/wiki/Weather_Star
- Implement7347 6mo agoThe blurring/low quality effect in the weather.com version is so much convincing, it feels like watching it through a CRT tv
- kelnos 6mo agoAs others have stated, no, this isn't a simulation of WeatherStar. It does, however, look exactly like the weather channel did when I was a kid. (New Jersey and Maryland, in the 80s and 90s)
- Levitating 6mo agoweather.com/retro adjusted to my location based on ip. The one you linked does not allow non-US locations.
- jamesbfb 6mo agoEdit: deleted, someone already mention non-US locations not working
- neko_ranger 6mo agoperfect to throw on a mini crt looking screen in the kitchen
- mrcwinn 6mo agoThis is so much better than their actual website.
- netghost 6mo agoLooks great on mobile in portrait mode. Bonus points for the audio.
- rglover 6mo agoWell done. Added to my home screen. Imagine a daily smooth jazz weather report will soothe the soul nicely.
- sigspec 6mo agoI 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.
- deepfriedbits 6mo agoI agree. It's really cool. I wonder if this was written with AI assistance. Seems like the perfect kind of fun project that a dev team would really be able to crank out pretty quickly whereas five years ago, there might not have been time or budget for something like this.
- nunez 6mo agoI could be remembering wrong but I believe that's a (the?) track they actually used back when this was on TV
- sigspec 6mo agoI can't remember either but they nailed it. When the sax comes in and the voice overlay hit's you with "Your extended forecast"; I'm right back in the kitchen before school eating cereal with the kitchen TV on the weather channel. Edit: another comment mentioned it was generated with Suno
- nunez 6mo agoWow; a win for Suno if true!
- zthrowaway 6mo agoThis. Please please make this loop!
- saltyoldman 6mo agoNow we just need gen AI weatherwoman with a really really bad bluescreen and have her show the 3d map rotating around randomly toward cities.
- keyle 6mo agoSo good. That music had me relaxing for 5' straight.
- HariPavan 6mo agoMusic is so relaxing.
- jameslk 6mo agoIt'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
- nunez 6mo agoIf you like the smooth jazz, I can't recommend Watercolors on Sirius XM highly enough! Basically this sound, but 24/7.
- mlrtime 6mo agoI have a old tv that I want to have this running , thinking of the cheapest way to get this playing (with new hardware prices increasing). Probably still a rpi.
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- leduyquang753 6mo ago"This content is no longer available in your area" What kind of sensitive thing is there that the page must be region-restricted?
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- tclancy 6mo agoAs we get set to leave NATO, we are taking all our toys with us. No more weather for you.
- odiroot 6mo agoLooks awesome, if only it used correct units.
- gHA5 6mo agoYou can change the units in the settings, accessible from the start screen
- lazydays 6mo agolooks cool
- marald 6mo agoAwesome, nice retro vibe. I used to build these channels back in the day in Scala Info channel (narrowcasting) for hospitals and radio stations etc. Would love to see a metric switch to C en km/h
- sp0rk 6mo ago> Would love to see a metric switch to C en km/h You can change the units and location by clicking the gear icon next to the city on the screen it shows in between broadcasts.
- markm248 6mo agoweather on the 8s
- Aldipower 6mo agoThis 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
- leemartin 6mo agoyou can change the unit in settings, just click the gear on countdown page
- Aldipower 6mo agoAh, nice, thank you very much. But it is impossible to reach the countdown page once you are in. So it is almost impossible to make the switch, because you notice the Fahrenheit thing only if it is too late. And it looses the setting after a reload..
- swiftcoder 6mo agoAh, that old soft jazz...
- alliao 6mo agohow to change language....mine's making me chinese
- alliao 6mo agogah only simplified Chinese
- swah 6mo agoonly on the start screen - try a full refresh
- SuperSwoleja 6mo agoClick the Gear icon on the bottom of the page to specify the Location, Units, and Language!
- thrilleratplay 6mo agoThis 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.
- jimmydddd 6mo agoGreat 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.
- brendoelfrendo 6mo agoThe Weather Channel did (does?) a segment called "Local on the 8s," where it would play a brief local weather update like this one on time slots ending in 8, which this site replicates.
- jimmydddd 6mo agoGot it. That also answers my question of "why 8 minutes?" Thanks.
- nunez 6mo agoOMG THIS BROUGHT ME WAYYYYYYYY BACK!!!! Thank you so much, y'all!
- jeromechoo 6mo agoThis needs to be an Apple TV app!! Way more fun than watching fly by skyscrapers.
- sigspec 6mo agoGet this man to Apple
- pkmx 6mo agoInteresting tidbit: According to the metadata embedded in the music, it was generated by Suno: https://weather.com/retro/assets/sound/music/neon-office-glide.mp3 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]
- kilroy123 6mo agoShameful plug, but I have a weather channel on channel surfer: https://channelsurfer.tv/?ch=50 https://channelsurfer.tv/?ch=50
- sigspec 6mo agoThis is rad. Any info on running it on a small box for the living room? It would be perfect for my parents.