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Jim Bergquist's avatar

Interesting, Jessica. You can search for the term compressional heating. The usual situation is: As a cold front approaches, it compresses the air ahead of it, giving warm temperatures for a while, in advance of the cold air. Also called adiabatic heating. A science experiment illustrates it: Piece of cotton in a test tube with a sliding piston. Make the piston go down very quickly, the air inside gets hot enough to ignite the cotton.

Jessica's avatar

I'll look into it. :)

Joanne Firth's avatar

Thank you!

Jessica's avatar

Hope it helps!

Joanne Firth's avatar

You know it will!

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Anthony's avatar

I print out your information posts. I’m that slow, lol. But, I’m learning stuff so that’s okay. 👍🏻

Jessica's avatar

Cool. :) I'm also putting these posts into the second version of the guide so they'll be nice and organized.