MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL STORM 19W (EWINIAR) WARNING NR 17// RMKS// 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 19W (EWINIAR), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 260 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT 05 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL (MSI) SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A SYMMETRIC LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH DEEP CONVECTIVE BANDING WRAPPING AROUND THE CENTER. A 272330Z SSMIS 91 GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE REVEALED A VERY TIGHTLY WRAPPED SYSTEM WITH ONLY ONE SMALL AREA OF CONVECTIVE BANDING IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. A 271900Z AMSU CROSS-SECTION SHOWS A SLIGHTLY WARMER +4C TEMPERATURE ANOMALY. THERE IS GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE INITIAL POSITION BASED ON THE MSI AND MICROWAVE IMAGERY. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS ASSESSED AT 45 KNOTS BASED ON OVERALL STORM STRUCTURE AND THE DVORAK CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 45 KNOTS FROM PGTW. UPPER-LEVEL ANALYSIS REVEALS TS 19W IS IN AN AREA OF MODERATE (10-15 KNOT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND HAS SOME POLEWARD OUTFLOW INTO THE WESTERLIES TO THE NORTH. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TS 19W IS FORECAST TO PICK UP SPEED AND TURN INCREASINGLY NORTHEASTWARD AS IT TRACKS ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE STR AND WILL ACCELERATE AS AN APPROACHING MIDLATITUDE TROUGH, CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER EASTERN CHINA AND THE KOREA REGION, TRACKS EASTWARD OVER JAPAN. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH EGRR TAKING A VERY ERRONEOUS TRACK TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST IN THE LATER TAUS. THE JTWC FORECAST IS POSITIONED RIGHT AND FASTER THAN THE MULTI-MODEL CONSENSUS, TO OFFSET THE EGRR TRACK AND FAVOR THE ECMWF, GFS AND JGSM MODELS. TS 19W IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY AND SHOULD BEGIN EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION (ETT) AFTER TAU 48 AND COMPLETE ETT BY TAU 72.// NNNN NNNN