| Aircraft Commander | Gregg Glover |
| Co-pilot | Kristie Twining |
| Co-pilot | Nick Toth |
| Crew Chief | Kevin Rotteveel |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| System Analyst | Gabe Defeo |
| AVAPS Operator | Jeff Smith |
| AVAPS Operator | Mike Marscaro |
| Engineer | Al Goldstein |
| Dropsonde Scientist | None |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an HRD-tasked Genesis mission around Tropical Storm Karl. The G-IV will leave St. Croix, USVI, FL 1730 UTC and will recover at MacDill AFB, FL by 0150 UTC next day.
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| St.Croix, USVI | 17:15 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 01:05 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an HRD-tasked Genesis mission around Tropical Storm Karl. The G-IV left St. Croix, USVI, FL 1715 UTC and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 0105 UTC next day.
| Time | Latitude | Longitude | Press | Temp | DP | WD | WS | MSL Alt | G Alt | Heading | Track | TAS | GS | V Vel | Event Comments |
| 17:39:06 | 17 52.29'N | 65 14.90'W | 393.5 | -16.7 | -33.7 | 230.7 | 2.2 | 7754.8 | 7733.6 | 272.1 | 272.3 | 226.3 | 224.5 | 6.13 | test |
| 17:40:20 | 17 52.65'N | 65 24.44'W | 368.8 | -20.9 | -35.3 | 264.0 | 2.4 | 8237.5 | 8214.4 | 272.4 | 272.3 | 232.2 | 229.6 | 6.41 | test on COMPort4 |
| 17:41:33 | 17 53.00'N | 65 33.97'W | 342.6 | -25.0 | -37.1 | 268.5 | 7.3 | 8774.7 | 8749.3 | 272.4 | 272.3 | 237.9 | 230.5 | 7.24 | late entry: Block out 1715z |
| 17:43:21 | 17 53.52'N | 65 48.33'W | 314.8 | -27.7 | -40.0 | 322.9 | 4.4 | 9399.6 | 9371.5 | 273.2 | 272.3 | 238.4 | 235.3 | 7.58 | late entry: Takeoff 1723z |
| 19:49:40 | 21 09.88'N | 80 47.96'W | 171.4 | -58.5 | -67.9 | 276.6 | 3.6 | 13559.3 | 13512.5 | 252.7 | 252.8 | 226.0 | 222.6 | -0.33 | sonde 1 pt 1 |
| 19:57:16 | 20 21.47'N | 81 15.88'W | 171.0 | -58.4 | -67.2 | 84.9 | 5.8 | 13567.1 | 13519.6 | 203.3 | 204.5 | 227.7 | 230.5 | -0.07 | sonde 2 pt 2 |
| 20:05:07 | 19 28.58'N | 81 41.15'W | 170.9 | -58.9 | -61.5 | 84.1 | 13.8 | 13559.8 | 13511.6 | 201.6 | 204.4 | 227.6 | 234.2 | -0.14 | sonde 3 pt 3 |
| 20:12:59 | 18 33.79'N | 82 03.63'W | 170.9 | -58.5 | -62.5 | 87.0 | 19.7 | 13550.9 | 13502.0 | 169.4 | 174.7 | 227.2 | 225.5 | 0.17 | sonde 4 pt 4 |
| 20:20:33 | 17 42.46'N | 81 40.87'W | 170.5 | -58.5 | -62.7 | 55.0 | 14.1 | 13560.4 | 13510.9 | 152.6 | 156.0 | 230.0 | 232.2 | 0.02 | sonde 5 pt 5 |
| 20:28:19 | 16 50.03'N | 81 16.52'W | 170.5 | -58.6 | -63.9 | 68.4 | 15.5 | 13552.9 | 13502.7 | 151.9 | 155.8 | 227.8 | 226.6 | 0.40 | sonde 6 pt 6 |
| 20:36:30 | 15 54.69'N | 80 56.35'W | 171.0 | -58.9 | -65.6 | 83.6 | 12.8 | 13536.1 | 13485.4 | 229.1 | 229.1 | 227.4 | 237.7 | -0.13 | sonde 7 pt 7 |
| 20:43:09 | 16 11.45'N | 81 43.84'W | 170.4 | -58.8 | -67.6 | 84.1 | 5.2 | 13561.1 | 13510.5 | 294.8 | 294.1 | 228.9 | 233.3 | 0.29 | sonde 8 pt 8 |
| 20:51:52 | 16 37.36'N | 82 46.34'W | 170.6 | -58.8 | -68.5 | 73.6 | 5.3 | 13560.1 | 13509.8 | 294.8 | 293.8 | 228.5 | 232.5 | -0.38 | sonde 9 pt 9 |
| 20:59:36 | 16 59.22'N | 83 42.72'W | 162.9 | -60.5 | -69.2 | 88.7 | 6.4 | 13854.2 | 13802.4 | 276.8 | 276.8 | 228.6 | 234.9 | -0.14 | sonde 10 pt 10 |
| 21:08:44 | 16 50.85'N | 84 55.47'W | 162.7 | -61.9 | -69.7 | 66.3 | 9.4 | 13858.4 | 13806.5 | 263.3 | 262.6 | 230.1 | 239.0 | 0.26 | sonde 11 pt 11 |
| 21:18:57 | 16 39.93'N | 86 18.28'W | 162.9 | -61.7 | -68.7 | 92.6 | 16.5 | 13856.1 | 13804.1 | 261.1 | 261.8 | 229.2 | 245.3 | -0.02 | sonde 12 pt 12 |
| 21:26:53 | 16 35.98'N | 87 21.19'W | 163.4 | -62.0 | -68.5 | 84.9 | 14.0 | 13840.2 | 13788.3 | 338.1 | 333.1 | 229.2 | 233.9 | 0.63 | sonde 13 pt 13 |
| 21:33:56 | 17 10.84'N | 86 48.06'W | 163.0 | -61.6 | -68.7 | 59.0 | 16.1 | 13858.8 | 13807.2 | 50.0 | 49.5 | 230.2 | 214.3 | 0.02 | sonde 14 pt 14 |
| 21:43:49 | 18 03.91'N | 86 01.42'W | 163.1 | -61.9 | -67.2 | 49.9 | 16.6 | 13865.5 | 13814.5 | 53.2 | 53.4 | 227.7 | 211.0 | -0.26 | sonde 15 pt 15 |
| 21:51:09 | 18 37.15'N | 85 21.42'W | 155.8 | -63.4 | -64.6 | 63.0 | 4.5 | 14151.0 | 14098.7 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 227.9 | 225.2 | -0.06 | sonde 16 pt 16 |
| 22:03:53 | 20 06.43'N | 85 58.79'W | 155.5 | -64.0 | -66.0 | 166.0 | 4.4 | 14152.0 | 14100.9 | 337.5 | 337.6 | 226.0 | 230.4 | -0.38 | Late entry 2 sondes pt17 (1st bad 215921z 2nd good 220137z) |
| 22:06:41 | 20 25.80'N | 86 07.61'W | 155.2 | -63.5 | -66.7 | 178.1 | 5.9 | 14161.6 | 14110.7 | 337.3 | 337.6 | 229.5 | 234.9 | 0.10 | sonde 19 pt 18 |
| 22:13:52 | 21 16.26'N | 86 30.81'W | 154.9 | -63.5 | -67.4 | 195.6 | 10.2 | 14171.0 | 14120.8 | 336.3 | 337.6 | 229.6 | 237.4 | 0.28 | sonde 20 pt 19 |
| 22:20:03 | 21 59.35'N | 86 45.12'W | 155.1 | -63.4 | -68.3 | 175.5 | 6.6 | 14158.8 | 14109.4 | 55.5 | 52.4 | 229.7 | 233.2 | 0.27 | sonde 21 pt 20 |
| 22:28:27 | 21 29.95'N | 85 52.02'W | 148.2 | -65.7 | -69.0 | 124.9 | 10.2 | 14437.9 | 14386.4 | 122.0 | 121.7 | 224.2 | 214.1 | -0.51 | sonde 22 pt 21 |
| 22:39:34 | 20 48.08'N | 84 41.51'W | 148.2 | -65.9 | -71.4 | 89.8 | 14.2 | 14439.1 | 14387.0 | 121.2 | 123.1 | 226.0 | 214.0 | 0.58 | sonde 23 pt 22 |
| 22:48:53 | 20 14.48'N | 83 40.87'W | 148.4 | -65.7 | -70.1 | 64.2 | 10.9 | 14437.3 | 14384.7 | 91.9 | 93.8 | 224.6 | 215.1 | 0.37 | sonde 24 pt 23 |
| 22:56:24 | 20 32.41'N | 82 47.41'W | 148.1 | -66.7 | -70.6 | 60.3 | 13.0 | 14433.4 | 14381.0 | 68.6 | 69.1 | 227.9 | 215.0 | -0.33 | sonde 25 pt 24 |
| 23:05:17 | 20 55.47'N | 81 44.37'W | 148.1 | -65.8 | -71.4 | 9.4 | 15.1 | 14435.8 | 14383.7 | 66.6 | 69.6 | 227.4 | 219.5 | 0.41 | sonde 26 pt 25 |
| 23:12:38 | 21 11.31'N | 80 51.40'W | 148.1 | -66.2 | -70.5 | 2.3 | 12.1 | 14443.1 | 14391.3 | 120.8 | 122.1 | 226.5 | 232.2 | -0.52 | sonde 27 pt 26 |
| 00:55:59 | 27 44.04'N | 82 37.37'W | 1014.2 | 28.7 | 20.6 | 194.1 | 2.8 | 515.0 | 514.5 | 41.7 | 40.7 | 67.7 | 70.2 | -0.60 | landing |
| 01:05:12 | 27 44.04'N | 82 37.37'W | 50.0 | 28.2 | -103.2 | 131.6 | 32.1 | 515.0 | 514.5 | 133.5 | 27.3 | 31.7 | 5.3 | 0.01 | block in |
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