what is happening earlier today, a noaa gulfstream 4 mission sampled the atmosphere around the storm and that information goes into the supercomputers and the foras that information is usually a lot more accurate. i'm expecting better forecasting in the next day or two. it should give us a better idea of where this storm is going. and the hurricane center has it has a category 2 approaching cuba, monday into tuesday, but i think before it reaches cuba, it will become a category 3. i agree with this track but notice the spread on the still watching and any shift to the west would be troublesome for us but for now we are thinking a past east of our state. we'll fine-tune that in the next couple of days. check back with us in a couple of days and our wet weather continues into the first half of next week. i will see you again at about 10:20. >> we'll be waiting, paul, thank you. and just bring it back, that is the message from former coach after someone stole his high school jersey where where it was hanging for a candle lit vigil for the player who died in a boating accident over the w

gulfstream 5 is far from home. >> this is a really important time to understand these observations as these storms approach land in the united states. >> reporter: noaa operates this high altitude research plane. 9news first showed you inside earlier this year. it's normally based in broomfield, but now way to the pacific ocean to track hurricane lester which is expected to hit hawaii. >> as they come on land, we need to know how strong the winds are, how strong the storm surge is. without the realtime observations of that you can put people in much more danger without understanding that data. >> reporter: the data is collected with these, disposable sensors dropped from the plane at 45,000 feet falling all the way down through the storm. >> they're the workhorse of hurricane research and last several decades, but they kind of look like the inside of a paper towel roll for lack of a better word and it has several sensors inside, temperature, winds, pressure, humidity. >> reporter: all critical information that can improve hurricane forecasting and potentially save lives in the path of the storm. maya rodriguez, 9news. >> noaa normally uses a differen