Good Morning on Thursday 4th November. A fine, sunny but rather chilly day in Formby

Good Morning on Thursday 4th November. It’s 6°C with northerly winds of 12mph in #Formby

Today:

After a cold and crisp start to the morning it will be a fine and dry autumn day with plenty of sunshine and only small amounts of fair weather cloud. Feeling rather cold in the brisk northerly wind. Maximum temperature 8°C.

Tonight:

Staying dry through the evening with clear skies, and with the brisk wind slowly easing. Turning cloudier in places by morning but staying dry with a widespread rural frost. Minimum temperature 0°C.

High Tide:

High Tide today is at 10:10am (9.10m)

Sunset:

The sun sets tonight at 4:33pm

Photo:

The Ionic Star by Sue Tinsley.

The Ionic Star ran aground on October 17, 1939 as she sailed into Liverpool carrying a cargo of meat, cotton and fruit from South America.

No lives were lost in the wreck, and much of the ship’s structure was salvaged for scrap despite lying far out in the low tide zone on the infamous Mad Wharf sandbank.

If you are attending this event, you will need warm waterproof clothing and wellington boots are essential.

The Ionic Star also features in the 'Shipwrecks of the Sefton Coast' booklet produced by Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership last year. The guide has proved hugely popular - they have already got through two print runs of the title but, if you would like a PDF version of it, simply call or email Sefton Coast and they will send you one back as soon as possible. Please call 0151 934 2964 or email landscape.partnership@sefton.gov.uk

The wreck of the Ionic Star lies in the low tide zone - a dangerous area which should only be visited by those with a thorough knowledge of the weather, tides and channels on the Sefton coast. Far better - and safer - to join a guided walk out to see her.