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173 pointsby typeofhumantoday at 1:48 AM28 commentsview on HN

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wolrahtoday at 3:18 AM

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/

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sigspectoday at 4:28 AM

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.

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odiroottoday at 8:36 AM

Looks awesome, if only it used correct units.

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leduyquang753today at 8:23 AM

"This content is no longer available in your area"

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

jameslktoday at 5:34 AM

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

altairprimetoday at 3:17 AM

Don’t miss the unmute icon in the lower right (at least on my browser).

keyletoday at 4:56 AM

So good. That music had me relaxing for 5' straight.

netghosttoday at 4:12 AM

Looks great on mobile in portrait mode. Bonus points for the audio.

scottrogers86today at 4:27 AM

why do i love this so much? nostalgia hitting hard these days.

rglovertoday at 4:16 AM

Well done. Added to my home screen. Imagine a daily smooth jazz weather report will soothe the soul nicely.

mrcwinntoday at 4:12 AM

This is so much better than their actual website.

neko_rangertoday at 3:40 AM

perfect to throw on a mini crt looking screen in the kitchen

HariPavantoday at 5:25 AM

Music is so relaxing.

saltyoldmantoday at 4:52 AM

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.