Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2004

Table 3 - April 2004 snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
April 2004 Data   Historical Information
Station Name SWE
(mm) 		% of Average Rank (lowest to
highest) 		Average
SWE
(mm) 		Minimum
SWE
(mm) 		Maximum
SWE
(mm) 		Years of Data
Bow River 165 79 20 209 97 437 68
Bow Summit 330 88 9 373 180 584 26
Chateau Lawn 226 83 20 272 131 480 63
Cuthead Lake 371 85 8 434 239 749 25
Highwood Summit 330 84 12 392 180 681 34
Katherine Lake 406 92 9 441 246 663 19
Larch Valley 378 84 7 452 277 632 24
Little Elbow 284 86 7 331 145 597 25
Lost Creek 404 76 4 529 212 825 20
Mirror Lake 259 86 24 301 160 561 65
Mist Creek 173 80 8 217 112 373 26
Mount Odlum pillow 340 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Mud Lake 325 98 14 332 147 526 27
Pipestone Upper 203 93 32 218 109 434 68
Ptarmigan Hut 373 94 19 397 224 681 38
Sunshine Village 493 82 13 598 277 996 38
Tent Ridge 325 91 8 356 155 605 24
Three Isle Lake 498 84 4 591 305 874 21

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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