With temperatures reaching above 20 degrees over the weekend, the projected weather forecast sees more of the same and in some days higher than normal for the first couple of weeks in April.

Despite some rain in the forecast Monday and Tuesday morning, Meteorologist with Environment Canada Kirk Thorneby says that's going to be for moisture for a little while in the Foothills.

"There's another push of warm air from the Pacific, bringing those temperatures up into the low 20s," he says. "It looks like the long range has us at around 25 degrees by Friday and then on the weekend it looks like another system is likely to push through this across the province, bringing those temperatures back down to the single digits."

With the projected high of 25 on Friday, Thorneby says it's uncommon to see high marks on thermometer like that in early April.

"It is a little above normal, it's not typically record breaking per say but it is quite normal at this time of year. It's a little bit warmer than we usually see but it's been a very warm and dry winter and spring so far with the after effects of El Nino across western Canada."

Over the next couple weeks Thorneby says the long term forecast will around the yearly average for the month.

"Looking at the seasonal outlook which pushes through March, April and into May it looks like a continuing trend of above normal temperatures and it shows about 1-2 degrees above normal for most of the southern prairies and a little bit above normal or near normal precipitation for that period as well."

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