Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2006

Table 4 - May 2006 Snow course measurements in the Red Deer, North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River Basins
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
Red Deer River Basin          
Limestone 60 38 3 160 13 302 22
Gable Mountain 136 69 4 198 119 376 26
McConnell Creek 102 60 6 170 43 328 26
Skoki Mountain 334 88 10 382 224 605 28
North Saskatchewan River Basin          
Golden Eagle 475 81 5 589 345 814 22
Job Creek 13 14 2 96 0 211 14
Job Lake 76 47 1 162 76 321 22
Nigel Creek 296 70 7 421 207 752 37
Southesk 236 79 6 300 189 517 21
Watchman Ck 350 74 2 476 318 643 22
Athabasca River Basin          
Marmot-Jasper 124 56 3 222 0 401 37
Sunwapta Falls 25 19 3 132 0 340 37

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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