Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

February 2006

Table 3 - February 2006 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin

February 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
Bow River 122 78 10 156 76 262 40
Bow Summit 229 90 9 254 86 460 26
Chateau Lawn 114 59 4 194 58 284 38
Cuthead Lake 203 N/A 2 227 142 310 4
Highwood Summit 226 86 9 263 89 480 32
Katherine Lake 340 N/A 3 278 193 340 3
Larch Valley 279 N/A 3 247 193 279 3
Little Elbow 257 118 20 217 61 462 27
Lost Creek 300 87 7 346 193 668 17
Mirror Lake 175 84 10 209 79 348 40
Mist Creek 102 N/A 2 116 66 180 3
Mount Odlum 234 79 5 297 99 508 22
Mud Lake 193 91 10 212 66 376 25
Pipestone Upper 147 89 14 166 69 279 40
Ptarmigan Hut 259 N/A 3 231 140 287 4
Sunshine Village 358 92 11 387 150 678 29
Tent Ridge 239 104 14 229 71 460 24
Three Isle Lake 422 105 13 401 147 660 22

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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