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Weather.com/Retro

https://weather.com/retro/
84•typeofhuman•3h ago

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altairprime•2h ago
Don’t miss the unmute icon in the lower right (at least on my browser).
wolrah•2h 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/

efilife•2h ago
The one you posted works only for americans
wolrah•2h ago
Were 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/

justsomehnguy•1h ago
Got really confused why is my WinAmp was double decked there.

Thanks!

kube-system•1h ago
Because, 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

zoklet-enjoyer•1h ago
Ughhhh snow storm tomorrow
Waterluvian•1h ago
This is pretty neat. I think I probably get this transmission on Infochammel.
kelvinjps10•1h ago
that one doesn't put my laptop to aspirate and it;s fast
troad•32m 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.

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.

Implement7347•23m ago
The blurring/low quality effect in the weather.com version is so much convincing, it feels like watching it through a CRT tv
neko_ranger•1h ago
perfect to throw on a mini crt looking screen in the kitchen
mrcwinn•1h ago
This is so much better than their actual website.
netghost•1h ago
Looks great on mobile in portrait mode. Bonus points for the audio.
rglover•1h ago
Well done. Added to my home screen. Imagine a daily smooth jazz weather report will soothe the soul nicely.
scottrogers86•57m ago
why do i love this so much? nostalgia hitting hard these days.
sigspec•56m 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.

deepfriedbits•3m ago
I 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.
saltyoldman•33m ago
Now 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•29m ago
So good. That music had me relaxing for 5' straight.

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