Is there anything that I can do to stop this?

In this cold weather, my front windscreen seems to get extremely wet! 

The pic shows a half decent day...

That amount of water suggests the carpets are probably wet.

As a short term solution you can run the air conditioning but ultimately you need to dry out the interior to prevent it happening.

That needs regassing 😔

2 hours ago, Zippy020171 said:

Is there anything that I can do to stop this?

In this cold weather, my front windscreen seems to get extremely wet! 

The pic shows a half decent day...

Seems to be a common problem. My mk3 does the same. If you feel above the roof lining you will find thats its soaking wet. Temperature differences create condensation on the inside of the roof panel and it runs down the screen. Always bad in the winter period. Buy some of those silicone bean bags and put them on your dash, thats what ive done. Dont know if it will help but id also suggest leaving both front windows open just a half inch or so to allow air circulation. Oh, and lack of use probably contributed in a big way to my woes.

Have you been running your Heater with Air Conditioning off and Recirculation on?

1 hour ago, Zippy020171 said:

That needs regassing 😔

that why there's moisture inside... its job is to remove it

Our outside parking area is partly in shade and we've had condensation problems after overnight frost, most recently with our Seat Mii and both Mk 8 Fiestas.

The gel bags are good. A couple more things we've learned from our caravan which gets damp over winter are those cheap disposable de-humidifiers you can get from pound shops, etc, and a bowl of washing powder which absorb an amazing amount of moisture. 

Ensure you remove them before driving, though!

Thanks for all your help guys, really appreciated 👍 🙂 

If A/C works, use full heat, on floor and in recirc mode to remove moisture from the carpets, ONCE you have stopped the leak

If A/C doesn't work, to prevent that whilst driving, clean windscreen properly the run heater on hot on windscreen in fresh air mode

I must get the A/C re-gassed...

1 minute ago, Zippy020171 said:

I must get the A/C re-gassed...

And find the leak👍

Chances are it won't just need a regas.  Make sure wherever you take it has a moneyback guarantee for if the gas falls out again over the next week or two.

In the meantime you can just use a sponge or cloth to wipe the window before you set off, but don't leave damp items in the car when you reach your destination.  Put them in a warm dry place to dry out before you take them back to the car again, otherwise you're just recreating the atmospheric water cycle inside your car...

9 minutes ago, DaveT70 said:

And find the leak👍

Why do you say it has a leak?

6 minutes ago, Zippy020171 said:

Why do you say it has a leak?

Are your carpets wet ? If they are, then you have a leak.

7 minutes ago, Zippy020171 said:

Why do you say it has a leak?

Because you're filling up with condensation, no leak, no condensation. (Well, not that bad anyway)

14 minutes ago, DaveT70 said:

Because you're filling up with condensation, no leak, no condensation. (Well, not that bad anyway)

Nothing seems to be wet inside the car apart from the front windscreen, when the weather is poor.

8 hours ago, Zippy020171 said:

Why do you say it has a leak?

the gas often escapes for two reasons

 

1) some moron turned it off - making the seals on the compressor get bored with the lack of exercise, and the gas runs off

2) its modern junk and it escapes somewhere or a stone takes out the condenser up front

10 hours ago, Botus said:

2) its modern junk and it escapes somewhere

That would be my guess on a Mk3 Focus.  These used to be notorious for faulty AC though we rarely see posts about it now.  Not sure if all the bad ones have been scrapped or if buyers of 10+ year old cars just don't generally care about AC.  (Which was my experience when selling old cars, and even making a point of working AC on the adverts)

I had one of these at 6 years old that wouldn't hold gas.  Front pipe was definitely leaking so replaced that.  Condenser was potentially leaking but wasn't 100% sure so changed that along with the integrated dryer.  Held gas for about 2 weeks before it had all gone again.  No dye could be seen anywhere, had to assume it was either a very small pinhole or a leak behind the dash.  Gave up and bought another car.

19 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

you can just use a sponge or cloth to wipe the window before you set off

I don't find that particularly effective. I find it leaves smears when the screen dries. We do occasionally get a lot of condensation on the front screen of the Focus although there have never been any obvious leaks or dampness in the cabin. It just seems to depend on the weather conditions. It can be very frosty and yet no condensation. I think steeply raked screens tend to  suffer more from the cold atmosphere. These days I use a window vac which is very effective, avoids drips on the dash and removes the moisture from the car.

29 minutes ago, mjt said:

I don't find that particularly effective. I find it leaves smears when the screen dries. We do occasionally get a lot of condensation on the front screen of the Focus although there have never been any obvious leaks or dampness in the cabin. It just seems to depend on the weather conditions. It can be very frosty and yet no condensation. I think steeply raked screens tend to  suffer more from the cold atmosphere. These days I use a window vac which is very effective, avoids drips on the dash and removes the moisture from the car.

Yes, I agree, absolutely hate a smeary screen and never touch the inside unless absolutely necessary.  I would prefer to use heaters, AC or heated screen to clear it, but with the amount on the OP's screen I don't think that's a suitable option.

I do have a window vac myself but couldn't seem to use it effectively on the car windscreens of either Focus or Golf when I tried.  The whole thing was too big to manoeuvre around the dash, mirror and steering wheel, and the curves of the screen seemed to stop it laying flat on the accessible areas.  I may have made an error when purchasing it though, as I bought a 'large' model that was on offer at the time, not realising just how little water would actually be collected from one set of window cleaning in my flat, it's definitely way bigger than I needed!

On the subject of damp windows, I checked my cars yesterday (as seen in the don't like thread) and noticed both windscreens were absolutely streaming, although only one of them makes the rear stream which is all I can see from indoors.  Interestingly, the interiors don't smell or feel damp, there's no mould inside, and there isn't even any corrosion on the small amount of exposed metal I could see.  So I might have to alter my earlier suggestion about needing a water leak to create that level of screen condensation, there's definitely no water in my cars, but then again they aren't Fords!!  

but then again they aren't Fords!! Go to the corner and get the dunces hat on you bad boy !!

Try gently pushing the top and sides of the inside of the windscreen away from the bodywork, if it moves away, then the seal has started to fail and will only get worse. Had this with our 2011 Volvo S40.

5 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

The whole thing was too big

This is ours. I find the smaller head works well for getting into the awkward spaces. I rarely use the large one, even around the house.

 

Juet checked mine, it's a WV6 Premium.  Battery life of 100 minutes.  Difficult to work out the scale so I'm not sure if the body is any larger or not.  I may have only tried the large head at the time, although I only use the smaller one indoors now.

3 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

Juet checked mine, it's a WV6 Premium.  Battery life of 100 minutes.  Difficult to work out the scale so I'm not sure if the body is any larger or not.  I may have only tried the large head at the time, although I only use the smaller one indoors now.

£57.99 with code, if anyone wants one!

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/karcher-window-vac-wv-6-plus-n-4546484