Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2006

Table 3 - May 2006 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
May 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 Summit 354 94 14 376 201 597 27
Cuthead Lake 366 81 10 450 246 818 28
Katherine Lake 471 97 11 485 274 744 24
Highwood Summit 385 85 11 454 221 726 43
Larch Valley 435 91 12 479 300 696 28
Little Elbow 372 98 14 454 206 742 28
Lost Creek 455 81 7 565 362 876 22
Mist Creek 30 19 8 157 0 523 40
Mount Odlum 358 75 6 479 279 815 22
Mud Lake 349 103 18 340 165 588 34
Ptarmigan Hut 396 99 23 399 196 658 40
Sunshine Village 586 93 20 627 338 1092 40
Tent Ridge 376 99 14 379 201 663 26
Three Isle 619 95 14 653 409 947 26

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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