art of the Merseyside coast has been experiencing its lowest temperature since records began.
A Met Office weather observing station on the coast at Crosby, north of Liverpool, recorded a temperature of -17C on Saturday night.
It was the lowest since operations began at the site in 1983
The low temperature caused a huge amount of sea smoke - or fog - to form on the surface of the water, reducing visibility, the coastguard said.
Sea smoke is a type of fog which commonly forms when very cold air drifts across relatively warm water.
A spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the thermometer at its Liverpool Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre (MRCC) read -17.5C ... READ MORE HERE
