Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2003

Table 3 - March 2003 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
March 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 96 50 1 194 96 386 37
Bow Summit 157 49 3 322 124 533 25
Chateau Lawn 112 46 1 244 112 401 35
Cuthead Lake 206 58 3 354 140 643 22
Highwood Summit 198 62 3 320 145 455 31
Katherine Lake 244 67 3 367 168 607 19
Larch Valley 249 66 3 378 201 569 21
Little Elbow 196 72 6 272 102 523 25
Lost Creek 274 64 3 426 158 775 17
Mirror Lake 140 55 3 256 122 483 37
Mist Creek 107 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1
Mount Odlum 234 62 3 378 168 579 19
Mud Lake 157 57 3 274 112 439 23
Pipestone Upper 122 58 4 210 107 376 37
Ptarmigan Hut 193 58 3 335 175 564 35
Sunshine Village 302 62 4 490 211 770 34
Tent Ridge 178 61 4 294 122 584 21
Three Isle Lake 310 62 3 500 224 752 22

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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