OMG THIS BROUGHT ME WAYYYYYYYY BACK!!!!
Thank you so much, y'all!
The Weather Channel – RetroCast
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Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#52I 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.
I could be remembering wrong but I believe that's a (the?) track they actually used back when this was on TV
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#53This needs to be an Apple TV app!! Way more fun than watching fly by skyscrapers.
Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#54It'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
If you like the smooth jazz, I can't recommend Watercolors on Sirius XM highly enough! Basically this sound, but 24/7.
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#55Great 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.
The 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.
Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#56I 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.
This. Please please make this loop!
Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#57Interesting 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]
Re: The Weather Channel – RetroCast
#58Great 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.
The 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.
Got it. That also answers my question of "why 8 minutes?" Thanks.
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#59Shameful plug, but I have a weather channel on channel surfer:
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#60I 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.
I could be remembering wrong but I believe that's a (the?) track they actually used back when this was on TV
I 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