Rainfall and river levels.

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After all of the rain on Thursday and Friday I knew a trip out on Saturday was going to be a non starter with over 2 metres in the Tees at Low Moor,as a rule of thumb I'll fish it with about a metre in but any more and I'll probably stay at home.
Looked like it peaked at almost 2.50 metres yesterday morning and was falling all day but when I took the dog out last night it was raining hard,woke me up during the night,and I've been to Teesside this morning and got thoroughly soaked watching the kids football so my back up plan of getting out for a couple of hours after work tomorrow seemed set to be abandoned.
Got back to Co. Durham about 1pm and it was still raining but when I'm checking the river app the Tees isn't on the rise and that's my question.
Anyone know how long it takes for the Tees to rise after rain bearing in mind the ground is already soaked or I suppose there's a chance that it wasn't raining in Teesdale and I've got a chance of getting out tomorrow although I think I'll need a brolly.

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Dec 6, 2020 20:08:00 GMT @graeme said:

I'm checking the river app the Tees isn't on the rise and that's my question.
Anyone know how long it takes for the Tees to rise after rain bearing in mind the ground is already soaked or I suppose there's a chance that it wasn't raining in Teesdale and I've got a chance of getting out tomorrow although I think I'll need a brolly.

Graeme,
       look at the last peak and see how it worked down the various monitoring stations. The last peak level at Middleton was at 2145 on the 4th of December. The same peak didn't arrive at Low Moor until 0830 on the 5th. That's 10hrs and 45 mins.

If you now look at Middleton tonight, it's just showing a potential peak at 2030 (6 Dec). There's not much more rain in the forecast tonight and into tomorrow morning, so, if it's not a false peak that rises further, it should arrive at Low Moor around 0715 tomorrow.

The snag with the Tees is that they might just let a bit of water out of a reservoir or two making the next peak a little higher than you might anticipate. Provided that doesn't happen, there's a reasonable chance you might make it out tomorrow. The other potential pitfall is whether or not it's rained more lower down the river in (non reservoir influenced) tributary rivers/becks.  

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Thanks for that,my riverapp only shows 24 hours although I think I can pay for it to be extended unless I find a different site.
Don't know why but I've always imagined the water travelling a lot faster and never thought it would take so long to hit the middle sections,something to bear in mind next time I'm wondering whether I should go out.