North Saskatchewan River Basin - Water Supply Forecasts

Natural runoff volumes for the March to September 2004 period are forecast to be below-average to much-below-average for the North Saskatchewan River basin (Table 6). Current forecasts in the basin range from 71 to 90 % of average. Current forecasted values for the March to September period for the North Saskatchewan River at Edmonton would rank 18th lowest in 91-years of record (1912-2001). The March 1 volume forecasts are 2 to 4% lower than last month's, and 6 to 10% lower than volumes recorded over the same time period last year.