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Weather Graphics

Weather graphics: forecasts, radar and alerts

Updated September 18, 20263 min read

How do you make a weather forecast graphic?

Use a forecast preset: enter the days, temperatures and conditions, set your colors, and export. Storm fronts, rain radar sweeps and severe weather alert bars cover the rest of a bulletin, and everything adapts to vertical for social clips.

Weather graphics are a genre with strong conventions, which makes them easy to read and easy to get wrong. These presets card up a five-day forecast, sweep radar, map temperature and raise alert bars with your own data.

Five weather graphics presets to start from

Hover any card to play it. Opening one loads it in the editor with every control unlocked.

  • Day cards rise in one by one with animated sun, cloud, rain and storm icons plus high and low temperatures.

  • Cold and warm fronts draw across an abstract regional map with pressure centers and breathing rain bands sweeping east.

  • A smooth color field of warm and cold air drifts over a stylized map with temperature readings and a legend bar.

  • Green, yellow and red precipitation cells step across a radar scope with range rings like a looping weather radar.

  • A warning lower third slides in with a pulsing hazard triangle, crawling caution stripes and a flashing lightning bolt.

All weather graphics

How to make one in the browser

  1. 01Open a weather graphics presetBrowse the Weather Graphics category and open the preset closest to what you need. It loads in the editor with every control unlocked.
  2. 02Make it yoursRewrite the text, set your brand colors and font, adjust easing and duration, and switch the aspect ratio for the platform you are posting to.
  3. 03Export the clipChoose MP4 for a normal track or transparent WebM for an overlay, pick a resolution up to 8K, and the file renders on your own machine.

Which format should you export?

Use MP4 when the clip sits on its own track or fills the frame. Use transparent WebM whenever it has to float over your own footage: the alpha channel is real, so no keying or blend mode is needed.

Format
MP4 H.264 · WebM VP9
Alpha
Transparent WebM
Resolution
720p to 8K
Aspect
16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5
License
Commercial use included

Three tips that make it look intentional

  • Five days is the expected span; more crowds a phone screen.
  • Use the conventional temperature ramp so viewers read it instantly.
  • Reserve the red alert styling for genuine warnings.

Frequently asked

Can I enter my own temperatures?
Yes, days, values and conditions are editable lists on the forecast presets.
Is this real forecast data?
No, you supply the numbers. The presets handle the presentation only.
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