Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2007

Table 3 - May 2007 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
May 2007 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 551 144 27 383 201 597 28
Cuthead Lake 765 166 28 461 246 818 29
Katherine Lake n/a n/a n/a 485 274 744 24
Highwood Summit 493 108 31 455 221 726 44
Larch Valley 468 134 28 485 300 696 29
Little Elbow 425 111 23 382 206 742 29
Lost Creek 666 117 17 569 362 876 23
Mist Creek 34 22 9 154 0 523 41
Mount Odlum 572 118 20 483 279 815 23
Mud Lake 417 122 29 342 165 588 35
Ptarmigan Hut 554 137 38 403 196 658 41
Sunshine Village 723 115 29 629 338 1092 41
Tent Ridge 514 134 26 384 201 663 27
Three Isle Pillow 637 117 17 545 384 776 21
 

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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