After the spring drought and summer rain caused by El Nino, Environment Canada predicted that La Nina may bring an unseasonably cold winter.

Kirk Torneby, Meteorologist with Environment Canada said that their first prediction may have been too hasty, and that La Nina's effects are proving to be very minimal.

"Indications from a lot of our model agencies across the world are starting to show that La Nina may not play as significant an influence as we thought it would."

Torneby said that typically with a strong El Nino, the La Nina that follows would usually produce much cooler temperatures with a lot more precipitation.

In contrast, Torneby said that we can expect some warmer temperatures in the coming months.

"For the western part of Canada and the prairies, it's showing basically above normal temperatures are expected in September, October, November; the fall time frame."