Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2003

Table 3 - May 2003 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
May 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 Summit 325 85 10 381 201 597 24
Cuthead Lake 457 99 14 460 246 818 25
Katherine Lk 541 110 15 490 274 744 21
Highwood Summit 378 82 8 460 221 726 40
Larch Valley 457 94 11 488 300 696 25
Little Elbow 356 92 11 388 206 742 25
Mist Creek 71 43 8 166 0 523 37
Mt. Odlum 384 77 5 502 297 815 19
Mud Lake 267 77 8 347 165 588 31
Ptarmigan Hut 389 96 18 404 196 658 37
Sunshine Village 531 84 13 636 338 1092 37
Tent Ridge 345 89 8 388 201 663 23
Three Isle 551 83 5 665 409 947 23

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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