MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION 28W (TWENTYEIGHT) WARNING NR 001// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 28W (TWENTYEIGHT), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 523 NM EAST OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES, HAS TRACKED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 13 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A SYSTEM WITH DEEP CONVECTION SHEARED TO THE WEST OF A PARTLY EXPOSED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). THE INITIAL POSITION IS PLACED WITH GOOD CONFIDENCE BASED ON A DEVELOPING MICROWAVE EYE SEEN IN A 190911Z GMI 89 GHZ IMAGE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 25 KNOTS IS BASED ON THE DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF T1.0-2.0 (25-35 KNOTS) FROM PGTW AND RJTD. ANALYSIS INDICATES AN OVERALL FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH WARM (29 DEGREES CELSIUS) SST, STRONG POLEWARD OUTFLOW AND LOW (10-15 KNOT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. THE CYCLONE IS TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) POSITIONED TO THE NORTHEAST. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THIS IS THE FIRST PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE ON THIS SYSTEM AND SETS THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY. B. TD 27W WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHWESTWARD AS IT GRADUALLY DEVELOPS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST PERIPHERY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STR. THE OVERALL FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL FUEL INTENSIFICATION TO A PEAK OF 55 KNOTS AT TAU 48. TD 27W WILL BRUSH THE NORTHERN COAST OF LUZON AT TAU 72 AS STRONG (30-35 KNOTS) SHEAR IMPEDES FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS OVERALL FAIR CONFIDENCE IN THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WITH A GUIDANCE SPREAD OF 200NM AT TAU 48. C. AFTER TAU 72, TD 27W WILL CONTINUE TRACKING NORTHWESTWARD AS IT BEGINS TO DISSIPATE NORTHWEST OF LUZON. INCREASING VWS (40-50 KNOTS) WILL BEGIN TO ERODE THE SYSTEM WITH DISSIPATION EXPECTED AT TAU 96. NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN BROAD AGREEMENT WITH THE DIRECTION OF TRACK; HOWEVER, THE JTWC TRACK IS CURRENTLY HEDGED TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN GROUPING (JGSM, ECMWF AND ECMWF ENSEMBLE). THE NORTHERN GROUPING OF GLOBAL MEMBERS (NAVGEM AND AFUM) EXPECTS A TRACK CLOSER TO TAIWAN. THIS UNCERTAINTY LENDS FAIR CONFIDENCE TO THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK.// NNNN NNNN