Could August be a repeat of wild weather in the Foothills? The short term answer is "yes" and the extended forecast is up in the air.

July saw Okotoks break its 30-year average when it comes to moisture, accumulating 131.2 millimetres last month.

Meteorologist with Environment Canada Kirk Thorneby says thunderstorms will stick around this coming weekend.

"You look at the short-term and it looks much of the same," he says. "A chance of thunderstorms and some showers in the afternoon, and then it looks a little bit more unsettled and then a couple of nice days and then back into some more unsettled weather."

When projecting the long-term weather in the month Thorneby says it's hard to predict, but has a feeling it could be another wet month.

"There's no true trend there showing in long-term models, if it's going to be rainier or warmer than average or anything. That's a little hard to say, but in the short term it will be much of the same."

Thorneby says the average amount of precipitation is higher in August than July.

"Normal precipitation for the month of August is about 61.3 millimetres, and as we move into the fall and over the winter obviously those numbers drop significantly.

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