Magical interference? He blinked. Merlin, he'd never thought of that before. That was probably it anyway- there was nothing to worry about... But what else could affect his readings? The storm? Sure, that could be it. His blue eyes widened in realization that it could be a combination of these two possibilities. Was the storm caused by something magical so then it was also causing the probes to mess up? A couple other thoughts flooded into his mind.

Focus Simon. You're in class. It's not time to start thinking about other things.... It was that moment, he realized that he had taken a moment to acknowledge Professor Airey's answer. "That makes sense," he said and then eyed the other temperature probes to see if they were getting similar readings to him. Simon continued to keep watching the ever-changing number.