Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2002

Table 3 - March 2002 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
  Mar. 1/02 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 170 86 14 197 102 386 36
Bow Summit 376 114 19 329 124 533 24
Chateau Lawn 224 90 13 248 114 401 34
Cuthead Lake 427 118 15 361 140 643 21
Highwood Summit 404 125 25 324 145 455 30
Katherine Lake 424 113 13 374 168 607 18
Larch Valley 394 102 12 385 201 569 20
Little Elbow 343 125 20 275 102 523 24
Lost Creek n/a n/a n/a 435 158 775 16
Mount Odlum 488 127 15 386 168 579 18
Mirror Lake 302 116 27 259 122 483 36
Mud Lake 328 117 17 280 112 439 22
Pipestone Upper 198 93 15 212 107 376 36
Ptarmigan Hut 333 98 19 339 175 564 34
Sunshine Village 569 115 24 496 211 770 33
Tent Ridge 356 119 16 300 122 584 20
Three Isle Lake 640 126 18 509 224 752 21
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