A poolside photo, feet in the sand, an iced coffee in hand – and floating over it, a little stack of weather cards: Bali 26°, Jakarta 33°, Hanoi 29°. Not the boring local forecast, but a wishlist of warm places, layered over your own summer scene like a daydream pinned to the frame.

That’s the weather widget story. You screenshot your weather app, stacked with the sunny cities you’re thinking about, cut the cards free of their dark background so they float as translucent panels, and lay them over a summer photo. Creator @moonsol.design shared the simple-version walkthrough, and the look is effortless – a plain summer photo turned into a styled story in a couple of taps.

What is the weather widget story trend?

Three beats:

  • The photo – your own summer moment: poolside, feet in the sand, a walk, an iced drink. It’s the backdrop everything sits on.
  • The weather cards – a screenshot of your weather app stacked with dreamy destinations and their temperatures, cut out so only the translucent cards remain.
  • The overlay – the cards float over the photo, semi-transparent, like a little forecast for the places you’d rather be.

The whole format fits in one sentence: cut the cards out of a weather-app screenshot and float them over your summer photo.

Why it works

  • It’s pure summer mood. A stack of warm-city forecasts over a sunny photo reads as wanderlust in a single glance – no caption needed.
  • It’s a simple overlay trick. Screenshot, cut out, layer over the photo – once you know the cutout move, the whole thing is a couple of taps.
  • The cards do the styling. The translucent widget look is already clean and considered, so even a plain photo instantly looks designed.
  • It’s personal. The cities you pick say where your head is – a trip you’re planning, somewhere you miss, or just anywhere warmer than home.
  • It reloads all summer. New photo, new cities, new temperatures – every warm day is a fresh story.

How to make it in Picsart

Step 1: Grab your weather screenshot

Open your weather app and set up the city list you want on the card stack – a real trip, or a pure daydream of warm places. Screenshot the list so all the cards are visible, with their temperatures and conditions showing.

Step 2: Cut the cards out

Open the Picsart Background Remover and drop in your screenshot. Erase the dark app background so only the weather cards are left, then save it as a transparent PNG. If you want a reusable version, turn it into a sticker with the Picsart Sticker Maker instead.

Step 3: Set your summer photo

In the Picsart Photo Editor, open the photo you want behind the cards – poolside, feet in the sand, a walk, an iced drink. Keep the scene relatively clean and uncluttered so the floating cards stand out on top.

Step 4: Layer the cards on top

Add your cutout as an overlay, resize it, and place the stack where it frames the photo. Nudge the opacity down slightly so the cards feel like part of the scene rather than a flat paste-on, and line them up neatly so the stack reads as one clean panel.

Step 5: Add text and export

Add a short caption or a destination name with a text layer, keep the aspect ratio vertical for Stories and Reels, and export. For a moving version, run the same overlay over a clip in the Picsart Video Editor.

Variations worth trying

  • Dream trip. Stack the cities from a trip you’re actually planning and let the forecast tease it before you announce anything.
  • Somewhere warmer. A winter version – pile up tropical cities over a cold-weather photo as a not-so-subtle hint about where you’d rather be.
  • Where I’d rather be. Mix cities you miss and cities you want to visit for a wistful, moody take.
  • Same sky everywhere. Line up cities that all share your exact temperature for a quiet “same weather, different world” feel.
  • Single card. Keep just one card for a cleaner, minimal version of the look.
  • Any widget stack. Swap the weather for other phone widgets – clock, calendar, now-playing – for the same floating-overlay aesthetic on any photo.

Screenshot the forecast, cut it out, float it over summer.

The weather widget story turns a plain summer photo into a little daydream – a stack of warm-city forecasts floating over your own scene. It takes one screenshot and one cutout, and it reloads with every new photo and every new place you’re thinking about.

Pick your photo, pick your cities, and let the cards float.

Try it in the Picsart Photo Editor.