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Table 1

m values in which the graphs of Log r versus Log Cm(r) are saturated

Time series	Forecasting models and observed data
Time series	Observed	ARIMA	ANN-MLP	RBF	QES	GP
Daily Pre^a	16	5	17	17	6	5
Daily Max^b	9	10	10	12	8	9
Daily Min^c	10	11	11	11	10	10

Time series	Forecasting models and observed data
Time series	Observed	ARIMA	ANN-MLP	RBF	QES	GP
Daily Pre^a	16	5	17	17	6	5
Daily Max^b	9	10	10	12	8	9
Daily Min^c	10	11	11	11	10	10

^aPrecipitation; ^bmaximum temperature; ^cminimum temperature.