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What happens in winter

when it is very cold
and you breath out against
ta cold windowpane? Why
does this happene?

User Crinsane
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Answer:

Cold air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air. So when one exhales a warm, saturated breath on a cold day the cold air rapidly lowers the temperature of our breath, whereupon the combination briefly reaches dew point.

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Cold air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air. So when one exhales a warm, saturated breath on a cold day the cold air rapidly lowers the temperature of our breath, whereupon the combination briefly reaches dew point
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