When the predicted future value actually materializes, does it matter if it is outside the predict interval? > The value of prediction intervals is that they express the uncertainty in the forecasts. If we only produce point forecasts, there is no way of telling how accurate the forecasts are. However, if we also produce prediction intervals, then it is clear how much uncertainty is associated with each forecast. For this reason, point forecasts can be of almost no value without the accompanying prediction intervals. -- from Hyndman & Athanasopoulos (2018) OTexts I have read the definition of predict interval from the book, but I still not sure about the value outside the predict interval. Can I say it is a warning signal or structure change? The example below set.seed(123) ts.sim <- arima.sim(list(order = c(1,0,0), ar = 0.8), n = 200) ts.plot(ts.sim) model <- Arima(ts.sim,c(1,0,0),include.mean = FALSE,include.drift = FALSE,method = "ML") plot(forecast(model,h=20),ylim=c(-8,8)) lines(c(rep(NA,200),5+rnorm(20,0,1)),type="l",col="red") [![enter image description here][1]][1] The red line are out of the 95% predict interval. Thanks for every help! [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/7VJy3.png