Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

February 2003

Table 3 - February 2003 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
February 2003 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 81 51 4 158 76 262 37
Bow Summit 132 52 3 254 86 460 23
Chateau Lawn 79 40 2 198 58 284 35
Cuthead Lake 142 n/a n/a n/a 142 310 2
Highwood Summit 155 59 4 264 89 480 29
Katherine Lake 193 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Larch Valley 193 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Little Elbow 142 66 5 216 61 462 25
Lost Creek 194 55 2 355 193 668 14
Mirror Lake 96 46 2 210 79 348 37
Mist Creek 66 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Mount Odlum 178 59 4 301 99 508 19
Mud Lake 109 51 2 216 66 376 22
Pipestone Upper 94 57 4 166 69 279 37
Ptarmigan Hut 140 n/a n/a n/a 140 239 2
Sunshine Village 259 66 4 392 150 678 26
Tent Ridge 152 66 4 229 71 460 21
Three Isle Lake 249 62 3 403 147 660 20

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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