Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

April 2006

Table 2 - April 2006 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin
April 2006 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
Akamina 649 125 22 519 270 823 27
Allison Pass 476 101 25 471 247 823 43
Flattop Mountain pillow 1217 109 25 1118 610 1775 37
Gardiner HW 845 115 15 738 387 1262 20
Lee Creek 69 66 13 105 0 315 35
Many Glacier pillow 272 79 8 345 102 617 30
South Racehorse 417 104 9 399 236 589 13
West Castle 287 74 11 386 70 846 40
Wilkinson Bush 188 89 17 211 100 460 43
Wilkinson Open 166 101 24 165 66 417 42

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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