Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

March 2008

Table 2 - March 2008 Snow course measurements in the Oldman River Basin
March 2008 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 503 115 22 436 216 714 29
Allison Pass 384 102 20 376 189 625 29
Flattop Mountain pillow 1082 112 28 965 478 1529 39
Gardiner HW 757 121 17 624 283 1008 21
Lee Creek 124 109 24 114 13 320 37
Many Glacier pillow 366 112 21 326 76 531 32
South Racehorse 392 116 11 337 189 488 14
West Castle 360 123 20 292 62 460 27
Wilkinson Bush 148 89 8 167 78 307 24
Wilkinson Open 131 112 17 116 55 221 24

 
Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

 

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