# Air and a little snow

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/air-and-a-little-snow/385>\
**Category:** Tempest Owners\
**Created:** [February 11, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/air-and-a-little-snow/385 "2018-02-11T19:08:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![GaryFunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/garyfunk/32/5729_2.png) [@GaryFunk](https://community.tempest.earth/u/GaryFunk)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/air-and-a-little-snow/385/1 "2018-02-11T19:08:15Z")

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Yesterday there was a light dusting of snow in the area. Snow piled up on top of the Air and next to it. I decided to leave it there and see how the unit acted. Using the other stations in the area I monitored the temperature to see if the Air would show lower.

I saw a 5° difference so I cleared the snow and watched. The Air started reporting a higher temperature and within 20 minutes was close to others stations.

![20180210_114547](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/1X/373c6263baa93d60831c3d12594ebc70ad43cbc8.jpg)  
 ![Screenshot_20180211-115337](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/1X/49e9af4bff3617f9a25e1a0d3ebdac6359d3bb11.jpg)  
 ![Screenshot_20180211-115317](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/1X/4fc33b2037a0419ef1847652a3aaf2e503066d37.jpg)

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**Author:** ![bill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/bill/32/401_2.png) [@bill](https://community.tempest.earth/u/bill)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/air-and-a-little-snow/385/2 "2018-02-13T17:13:41Z")

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Sounds like an air gap cap is needed.