Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2006

Table 3 - March 2006 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
March 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 160 84 10 192 96 386 40
Bow Summit 326 101 14 322 124 533 28
Chateau Lawn 203 85 13 240 112 401 38
Cuthead Lake 294 85 10 348 140 643 25
Highwood Summit 307 97 16 317 145 455 34
Katherine Lake 435 117 16 370 168 607 21
Larch Valley 380 102 12 374 201 569 24
Little Elbow 306 113 20 270 102 523 28
Lost Creek 351 85 10 412 158 775 20
Mirror Lake 231 91 16 254 122 483 40
Mist Creek 145 n/a 2 147 107 183 4
Mount Odlum 333 90 7 369 168 579 22
Mud Lake 254 94 13 270 112 439 26
Pipestone Upper 173 83 11 208 107 376 40
Ptarmigan Hut 335 100 24 334 175 564 38
Sunshine Village 483 100 22 485 211 770 37
Tent Ridge 298 103 14 290 122 584 24
Three Isle Lake 525 107 15 493 224 752 25

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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