As model grid spacing became less sporadic, increasing from 15 to 20 to 38 grid points over large lakes, model resolution did not was still not sufficient to detect this type of event. Forecasters wanted a high-resolution mesoscale model, but the model is only as good as the data that is incorporated into it. Significantly improved data were needed and “there was a need for a high-resolution (temporal and spatial) observation network including automatic weather stations capable of reporting surface temperature, pressure and precipitation in real time; wind profilers capable of estimating wind speed and direction at different levels; and a new Doppler radar system capable of locating snow bands 100 kilometers away.”