Heavy rainfall this week has brought down the immediate wildfire risk in southern Alberta, but dangerous conditions are still expected in the months ahead. Environment and Climate Change Canada is forecasting above-normal temperatures across the entire province through October. And while much of northern Alberta is expected to welcome above-average precipitation, below-average precipitation is predicted across much of southern Alberta. “If that forecast is correct, we could have fire problems,” said Thompson Rivers University fire management expert Mike Flannigan, adding it doesn’t take long after rain for the fire danger to pick up again. “I have a saying, ‘Give me a week of warm, dry, windy weather. I can give you a raging inferno,'” he said. Most of the Alberta wildfires sparked so far in 2025 have occurred north of Edmonton, according to the province’s wildfire status dashboard. But Natural Resources Canada predicts the fire danger will shift to southern Alberta by August.