Water Supply Outlook for Alberta

May 2008

Table 3 - May 2008 Snow course measurements in the Bow River Basin
May 2008 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 311 82 6 380 201 597 29
Cuthead Lake 348 76 7 457 246 818 30
Katherine Lake n/a n/a n/a 485 274 744 24
Highwood Summit 367 81 7 453 221 726 45
Larch Valley 438 91 13 483 300 696 30
Little Elbow 378 99 15 382 206 742 30
Lost Creek 451 80 7 564 362 876 24
Mist Creek 185 120 29 155 0 523 42
Mount Odlum 431 90 10 481 279 815 24
Mud Lake 357 104 20 342 165 588 36
Ptarmigan Hut 357 89 17 402 196 658 42
Sunshine Village 605 96 23 629 338 1092 42
Tent Ridge 317 83 8 382 201 663 28
Three Isle 672 103 17 653 409 947 27
 

Note: SWE represents Snow Water Equivalent in mm

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