frost on the inside of your car
Yes, well then.
So here we are in mid-January where occasionally we get a warm snap. The temperature rises from -12C to around -2C and maybe even surfaces to 1 or 2C. When we get to that temperature all of the snow on the ground gets slushy and wet, so getting into the car has it so that much of the snow stuck to your boots comes into the car with you. As you can imagine, this raises the humidity that is in your car.
Of course, it is winter, so you keep your car windows shut tight so that when you are driving, the car stays warm. But then the next day the temperature drops back down to -8C or -15C. Now, all of that humidity in the car finds a nice cozy spot to rest, as frost against the inside of all of the windows, since the windows get cold quickly.
The trick to avoid this is to, during a sunny day, crack open a window for the whole day, just a smidge; this allows the humidity and moisture in the air inside the car to escape. The sun, as it shines on the car, heats it enough to melt the moisture off of the windows, and the open window allows the moisture to exit.
This is what I had failed to do in my previous post.
3 comments:
i never have that problem down here. mostly all ive gotta worry about weather and vehicle wise is the upholstery burning the kids legs or the blisters on my hands from the stearing wheel.
What ghost said.
Thanks for filling me in on the frost inside the windscreen, I had no idea that happened.
We get those burning symptoms here too in the deepest part of the summer. It seems I get the best of both worlds!
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