There has been no shortage of rain in the Foothills this week.

Upwards of 20 mm is forecast to fall on Thursday which is nearly half of the monthly average of 56 mm.

Alysa Pederson, Meteorologist with Environment Canada, says a large low pressure system off the coast of BC and Washington with a ridge of warm air over parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are resposible for the moisture.

"What that does is it puts us in a transition zone and in this case the system is developing in Montana and moving northwards, pretty much along the Alberta and Saskatchewan border through the next couple of days, which is bringing rain to most of the province."

According to Pederson, June is the wettest month of the year with an average rainfall total of 94 millimetres.

There's good news as current conditions aren't expected to dampen weekend plans.

"Into Friday and through the weekend we're getting into a much nicer pattern, what we call an upper ridge. It's a whole bunch of warm air that floods in and temperatures are going to rise back up to what normal temperatures are, maybe just a little bit above normal," Pederson explains.

The average temperature for this time of year is around 16 degrees and Okotoks is currently forecast to see temperatures hit 20 by the end of the weekend.

For the full five day forecast click here.

 

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