Aparticularly powerful hurricane's hurricane force winds extended 120 miles from its center. this hurricane was a big storm, and that affects how we think about the prediction errors. suppose we add 120 miles to each error to get an idea of how far from the predicted track we might still find damaging winds. explain what would happen to the correlation between prediction error and year, and why.

The correlation between "prediction error" and "year" would be  affected, as the proposed additional of 120 miles extent for possible wind damage should lead to reconsideration on the tracking process. The tracking is done over statistics regarding - actual and past - sustained wind speed of the hurricane, measures in climate factors, similar past occurrences in the same region. It is all linked, see?

A big event is not occasional, so, necessary is to amplify the time scope for analysys to get a trustworthy prediction.

Explanation:  Statistical factor crossing models such as the Poisson Distribution (it tells the chance of an event to repeat in a time period), SHIPS and GFLD (that apply adapted equations as the hurricanes goes) models have helped a lot in general forecasting prevention, although still lacking accuracy as desired. Calculations, nevertheless, are made over a given geographical area, a given time period, wind speed persistance, similar event matching and other current climate issues. So, event "size" and previous years occurrences really matter for prediction on possible damage.  

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a maximum–minimum thermometer. the scales are fahrenheit on the inside of the u and celsius on the outside. the current temperature is 23 degrees celsius, the maximum recorded is 25, and the minimum is 15, both read from the base of the small markers in each arm of the u tube. the bulbs are hidden by a plastic housing.

six's thermometer is a registering thermometer which can record the maximum and minimum temperatures reached over a period of time, for example 24 hours. it is used to record the extremes of temperature at a location, for instance in meteorology and horticulture. it was invented by a british scientist james six, born in canterbury, in 1780; [1] the same basic design remains in use.

it is also commonly known as a maximum–minimum, minimum–maximum, maxima–minima or minima–maxima thermometer, of which it is the earliest practical design.

the thermometer indicates the current temperature, and the highest and lowest temperatures since last reset.