Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2005

Table 3 - May 2005 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
May 2005 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 86 11 377 201 597 26
Cuthead Lake 351 77 8 453 246 818 27
Katherine Lk 427 88 7 486 274 744 23
Highwood Summit 378 83 10 456 221 726 42
Larch Valley 376 78 5 480 300 696 27
Little Elbow 272 71 4 381 206 742 27
Lost Creek 377 66 2 570 362 876 21
Mist Creek 23 14 6 160 0 523 39
Mount Odlum 373 77 6 485 279 815 21
Mud Lake 191 56 3 339 165 588 33
Ptarmigan Hut 302 76 8 399 196 658 39
Sunshine Village 483 77 8 628 338 1092 39
Tent Ridge 264 70 4 380 201 663 25
Three Isle 556 85 7 654 409 947 25

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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