Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

February 2005

Table 2 - February 2005 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
February 2005 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 155 99 19 157 76 262 39
Bow Summit 305 119 20 255 86 460 25
Chateau Lawn 165 84 9 197 58 284 37
Highwood Summit 275 104 19 264 89 480 31
Little Elbow pillow 200 91 12 219 72 435 23
Lost Creek 289 83 6 349 193 668 16
Mirror Lake 213 102 22 210 79 348 39
Mount Odlum 296 99 11 300 99 508 21
Mud Lake 183 86 8 213 66 376 24
Pipestone Upper 157 95 19 166 69 279 39
Sunshine Village 378 97 13 388 150 678 28
Tent Ridge 201 88 9 229 71 460 23
Three Isle Lake pillow 299 88 7 338 169 525 22

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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