Blue skies are coming but first Foothills residents have to weather the storm.

Environment Canada has predicted that before the warm weather returns the Foothills area will have to deal with more rain for a short to medium term.

Meteorologist with Environment Canada Brian Proctor says all the prairie provinces have been hit with precipitation.

"We've had a very active season since about the May long weekend so far this summer and at this point of time it looks like it's not going to change over the next five to seven days at least, the way things are setting up. Its been very active convectively across much of the prairie provinces and Alberta has been no exception to that."

Reports from the Calgary International Airport show for the month of May we received 67.9mm of rain, average being 56.8mm, the majority of rainfall took place in the last 10 days of the month.

In July the area was short on precipitation with 61.6mm and the average is 93.9mm but Proctor says July could be a different story.

"So far in July we have received 39.8 mm of precipitation at the airport in Calgary versus a normal 65.5mm. So if those numbers continue for the month of July we will probably be getting more precipitation than we normally experience."

Though this month has been rainy Environment Canada predicts warmer days ahead.

"At this point, the models are indicating the forecast probability of temperatures sort of near normal which is sort of indicative of the fact that we should see some warming as we start moving into the end of July, early August, as we typically expect. But I don't think we are looking into a very extended period of real warm weather that we saw earlier in the spring."

Environment Canada says an evolving La Nina situation in the equatorial pacific is ultimately impacting the results of the weather in the area.