About Blue Skies

Adding value to weather-affected decisions

"In 1987 I created Blue Skies Weather at a time when weather services in New Zealand were shifting from government department to state-owned enterprise. Since then Blue Skies has produced well over half a million weather forecasts for clients throughout NZ (and a few overseas as well). As CEO and chief forecaster throughout this period, I've kept a "weather eye" on all these forecasts, and created a fair few of them myself."

- Tony Trewinnard, CEO

Blue Skies Weather started off with no clients but a strong belief that it was possible to offer a better service than the state-owned forecaster. These days we have a lot more clients and the same belief.

Blue Skies works on the principle that if our clients have accurate knowledge of future weather, they should be able to profit from it. For many this involves mitigating the likely impacts of unfavourable weather – for example, if you know heavy snow is on the way you can move stock to a safe location and expect to avoid losses. Some can take advantage of a favourable weather forecast – if you know it's going to be cold at the races tomorrow night you don’t bother making sandwiches to sell, you fill up the pie warmer! (Yes, one of my clients does).

Some of our clients need to know what is going to happen in the next few days. Most are interested in the next week to ten days. But increasingly we are seeing interest in long range and seasonal forecasting. Many now subscribe to outlooks for the next six weeks, and are anticipating trends for the next season (or two, or three).

Our goal is to help you get a better result for your business by taking the weather into account – whether that means changing your game plan or being better prepared. We have access to all the latest computer models and data services from around the globe, but best of all we have decades of experience producing weather forecasts and long range seasonal outlooks right here in New Zealand.

Because we are not limited by the size and scale of government run forecasters like Metservice or Niwa we can easily tailor forecasts to individual needs or circumstances and offer a personal, friendly service.

"If you want customised weather forecasts to help your business, get in touch, I'll help you find the best solution. Weather has been my business and my passion for 35 years, I will share my inside knowledge and expertise with you."

- Tony Trewinnard, CEO