How Storm Boelo may now affect Rangers vs St Johnstone as Met Office upgrade warning

Rangers are scheduled to take on St Johnstone in a rare Saturday 3pm kickoff at Ibrox.

However, Storm Boelo - the second named storm of the season - is trying its best to change all that.

Ibrox News reported earlier in the week that Storm Austen was due to hit Glasgow on Friday and Saturday.

That alone would unlikely cause any disruption to a football match, even if the conditions could cause inconvenience to supporters travelling along.

However, the Met Office updated its warning on Friday morning, with an amber warning in place for a separate storm - Storm Boelo.

An amber warning is in place for Glasgow for high winds on Saturday evening. So what impact could that have on the game?

Met Office give advice as Storm Boelo hits Glasgow

The worst of the wind is not due to arrive, as things stand, until around 9pm on Saturday through until the same time on Sunday.

Up until that time, the warning remains at yellow but it could all change quickly.

As per the Met Office, even a yellow warning could mean "injuries and danger to life from flying debris is possible".

It also adds that "road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations possible".

That is not good news for both sets of fans travelling along, particularly the visitors as they have a 50-mile journey to make.

Should the amber alert come into affect earlier in the day, that all gets amplified.

Will Rangers vs St Johnstone be impacted?

Nothing has been said yet with regards to the game being under any threat.

It is extremely rare for that to happen if the warning is yellow.

However, as mentioned above, that could change if the amber warning is brought forward even a couple of hours earlier in the day.

As stated by journalist Ewan Murray via X on Friday: "A responsible sport would make sure tens of thousands of people aren’t travelling (that’s before the element of farce we have from games in gales.

"I realise going to football games isn’t compulsory but they shouldn’t take place in this."

Unfortunately, the fixture schedule takes precedent, even if it is unsafe to do so.

All fans can do for now is continue checking in for further updates and hope the forecast does not get any worse.