 Predicting fire spread  and intensity has been a poor endeavour thus far and we show that more data of the variables already monitored would not result in higher predictive accuracy.
<meaning-changed>  Predicting fire spread  and intensity has been a poor endeavour thus far and we show that more data of the variables already monitored would not result in higher predictive accuracy.
 Predicting fire spread rate and intensity has been a poor endeavour thus far and we show that more data of the variables already monitored would not result in higher predictive accuracy.