Weathercore

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Weathercore
Decade of origin	1980s
Related aesthetics	Nostalgiacore Vaporwave

Weathercore is an aesthetic based around the 80's-90's TWC (The Weather Channel) broadcasts along with other retro news and broadcasting stations of that time; this can include things like Weatherstar4000 images, Radar images, old TWC music, broadcast videos and more. The majority of Weathercore samples and images rightfully belong to The Weather Channel, NBC Universal, Weatherscan, Allen Media Group and other broadcasting channels.

Origins

The origins of Weathercore's core theme started around the 1980s, notably 1982, which was the year of The Weather Channel's first appearance. The following is a list of prominent events from The Weather Channel.

• 1982 - Birth of WS3000

• 1991 - Earliest WS4000's

• 1997 - Creation of the EAS

• 2005 - Minor TWC Rebrand

• 2012 - "News-like era"

• 2013 - 1st Major TWC Rebrand

• 2014 - Death of WS4000

• 2019 - 2nd Major TWC Rebrand

Philosophy

Much of the philosophy of Weathercore centers around the visuals, sounds and stories associated with the aesthetic.

Depicts a sunset background with text displaying tips useful for gardening

Depicts several "new years" related items along with the text "Happy New Year"

Old The Weather Channel's weather.com logo

A blank TWC template for "current conditions"

Gallery

(Note: To reiterate, the majority of Weathercore samples and images rightfully belong to The Weather Channel, NBC Universal, Weatherscan and Allen Media Group and other broadcasting channels. Please respect these and give credit where due).

Weatherproofing America (1984-1986) One of the slogans for The Weather Channel

Annular Eclipse (1984)

This is what the Weatherstar4000's looked like, they weren't really a program but a whole entire machine

Extended Forecast for Minneapolis (TWC)

Happy new year (1990)

Music

Weathercore is strongly associated with sounds that provoke nostalgia or fear. The most recognizable being the sirens waning only minutes away from the perceived disaster, and the bumpers and stings of stations whether national or local, grabbing the attention of onlookers preparing for a peer into the future.

Genre

• Vaporwave

Artists

Some prominent artists composing for Weathercore media are:

• Trammel Starks (whose works are available for use as long as credit is administered)

• Network Music Ensemble

• Alternate Skies (Looking further, it appears to be an early pioneer of vaporwave, they seem to be able to use the 1980s-era TWC logo which implies they got the OK from TWC, their artist profile photo is also a WS4000 radar)

• David Benoit

• Kenny G

• 3rd Force

• George Howard

• Yellowjackets

• The Rippingtons

• Tom Scott

• Russ Freeman
  

Playlists

• WEATHERCORE

• Weatherscan music (all 33 songs)

• Weather channel music playlist

• LIVE | HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! | Weatherscan | The Weather Channel | 11/23/2016 - 11/24/2016 22:47 EST

• Wayback Playback - Weatherscan Local - 2 Hours - Aug 30, 2003

• Local Forecast Playback - Apr 1996

• Das Wetter Playlist by Wiki Members

Resources

https://twcclassics.com/

• Weather Channel music, playlists, video clips, images, and informant medias... TWC Classics was created for fans of the classic Weather Channel. From catchy local forecast music to goofy sponsors to information about how TWC evolved in its first twenty or so years, this site has it all!

https://battaglia.ddns.net/twc/twc2.html

• An accurate WeatherSTAR⁴⁰⁰⁰⁺ Emulator, which takes accurate weather data and creates a visual forecast similar to what was used by TWC

https://qconrad.github.io/intellistar-emulator/

• An accurate IntelliSTAR Emulator, which takes accurate weather data and creates a visual forecast similar to what is currently used by TWC