The Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) is operated by BAS-Serco Ltd., a joint venture between the local company, Bermuda Aviation Services (BAS) and the international outsourcing company, Serco, under a contract with the Department of Airport Operations, Ministry of Transport and Tourism.

The BWS has evolved substantially since its inception in 1995, following the departure of the US Navy, which previously provided a skeleton meteorological service for the Island, in addition to their own operational requirements at the former Kindley Field US Naval Air Station airfield, shared with Bermuda International Airport. The BWS is officially recognized as the island's National Meteorological Service, providing public, marine, tropical and aviation weather forecasts, warnings and climatolological services.

Dr. Mark Guishard has recently taken the position of Director, and manages the service along with Brian Kolts, the Deputy Director/Systems Administrator. All the operational staff are Bermudian (or spouses of Bermudians), including five Meteorologists (Forecasters) and five Meteorological Technicians (Observers). All our training and certification is carried out in close co-ordination with the Met Office, UK. The US National Weather Service and the UN World Meteorological Organisation provide additional specialist forecaster training at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

The BWS supplies weather information to the media, two local weather-dedicated TV channels and a variety of marine users, including the many visiting yachts. Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre staff relay our forecasts on Marine VHF radio, weather channel 2. The BWS works in close liaison with Bermuda's Emergency Measures Organisation and the US National Hurricane Center. A dial-up weather 'phone in' service is available 24 hours a day, providing public and marine forecasts, current observations and warnings and tropical weather system information. The BWS also operates a comprehensive web site, www.weather.bm, which is extremely popular with both local residents and visitors. The BWS promotes awareness about weather phenomena, and education of the public by hosting tours and making public presentations.

Operational staff at the BWS gather information from a variety of sources. International weather observations, bulletins and World Area Forecast System products are obtained via the NWS Washington International Satellite Communication System and also via the internet. Due to the sparseness of marine observations from the surrounding ocean, forecasters in Bermuda have to place much reliance on the various numerical weather prediction models, imagery and other products from geostationary and orbiting weather satellites. Computer model data and observations are processed and displayed on Horace workstations, supported by the UK Met Office. Observers make aviation and synoptic surface observations through the day, and radiosonde (weather balloon) observations twice a day.