Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2006

Table 2 - March 2006 Snow course measurements in the Oldman 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
Akamina 529 122 21 433 216 714 27
Allison Pass 344 91 12 376 189 625 27
Flattop Mountain pillow 1115 116 27 963 478 1529 37
Gardiner HW 722 117 14 617 283 1008 19
Lee Creek 39 34 6 115 13 320 35
Many Glacier pillow 259 79 9 327 76 531 30
South Racehorse 317 96 7 331 189 488 12
West Castle 221 77 6 288 62 460 25
Wilkinson Bush 221 131 18 168 78 307 22
Wilkinson Open 112 97 12 115 55 221 22

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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