If the month February is going to be anything like the last week and half of January then we may be shedding some layers off ourselves.

Environment Canada is projecting a warmer than normal month which means less of the white stuff and more warm sunshine.

Meterologist Dan Kulak says it could cool for a little while this week but not for long.

"Temperatures are around two degrees above the long term normal side, with a little bit of fluctuation for the next few days here and maybe some flurries for the next few days maybe with some flurries moving through," he says. "We're looking at temperatures a little bit below zero for the next couple of days which is right around the normal value but then towards the end of the week and into the weekend temperatures can be bouncing back up again close to double digits."

Kulak says February weather is always drier but this year it's even warmer than last year.

"The trend right now is for above normal weather conditions basically warmer than normal as well as drier than normal conditions so it's kind of that El Niño effect. We don't want to really say that it's El Niño that's causing this because last year in the month of January the Calgary and Okotoks areas were warmer than they were this year with an  El Niño affect."

Although there's no clear cut forecast for snow, Kulak says the weather can change at the drop of a hat.

 "It's the transition between the fall storms that happen in November, December and into January and then the spring storms that start happening in March go through April and May and sometimes in southwest Alberta even into June we can get some storms. Right now we don't have anything forecasted in the next seven days but you have to be prepared for something when it does happen because it probably will."