the Weather Channel has officially created a "retro" website which recreates how it looked in the 90s

[Krvavi Abadas]

(link)

April Fools joke, basically. though it seems like the page is a permanent addition regardless.

worth noting there's already been a long history of fan recreations of the design. including an unofficial webpage build that functions similarly (though apparently it only works with the US, while the official version is worldwide).
helped by the fact that the original Weather Star 4000 hardware the UI originates from has been discontinued since 2014. leading to people managing to buy them off various cable stations.

i know the Vintage Computer Festival has had someone/a group managing a booth filled with these units, but i don't recall who they are specifically.

also worth noting that the Weather cable Channel and the Weather Channel website are currently owned by separate entities, which this project required the two to work out a deal.

It’s also a bit confusing. You see, in 2018, Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) purchased the Weather Channel for roughly $300 million. What AMG did not acquire were digital assets like weather.com; in 2024, the private-equity firm Francisco Partners bought those, including the website. The Retro forecast is a collaboration between the two — “The companies have ongoing agreements that have been in place for many years and such things are the result of that,” a spokesperson for AMG told The Hollywood Reporter — one that’s here to stay.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Nice. Also, the Comics Unleashed guy OWNS THE WEATHER CHANNEL?!

 

[Violentvixen]

No popups, it just loads the thing I want. Bookmarked so hard. Thank you!

 

[Eishtmo]

I kind of prefer the Weather Star 4000+ as it provides the same information, but let's you skip through the entries or turn some on and off. Still nice to have though.