Bristol City fans advised of rare red weather warning for departure to Portsmouth

According to the BBC, a rare red weather warning for wind has been issued for western parts of the UK, including the Bristol Channel area, between 3am to 11am tomorrow.

That will coincide with the departure times the 2,171 Robins fans will have planned for the 120+plus mile trip to Fratton Park, which would take roughy between 2-2.5 hours.

The south coast fixture has a 3pm kick-off time, with City selling out their entire allocation for their first trip to Fratton Park since March 2012.

Red weather warnings are the most serious issued by the Met Office. They are only communicated when dangerous, potentially life-threatening weather is anticipated.

An amber weather warning, as a result of Storm Darragh, is in place over Bristol after 11am until 9pm on Saturday night. That means fans attending Bristol Rovers’ League One game against Bolton at the Memorial Stadium should also be aware of the potential for damaging winds speeds that could be a ‘danger to life’

On their arrival in Portsmouth, Robins supporters should be aware that the south coast has been issued with a yellow weather warning. That comes into effect from 3pm today and lasts until 6am on Sunday morning.

The Portsmouth News revealed on Thursday night that Pompey have no current plans to cancel the game - despite winds of 50mph-plus forecasted between 3pm and 5pm. There’s also a 70 percent chance of rain at the time of kick-off as the latest storm to hit Britain makes its presence felt.

Storm Bert caused the cancellation of Portsmouth’s trip to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, November 23, with the decision taken after an 11am pitch inspection at Ewood Park.