MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL STORM 27W (KALMAEGI) WARNING NR 013// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 27W (KALMAEGI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 303 NM EAST-NORTHEAST OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 02 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY (EIR) SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION LOOSELY WRAPPING INTO A BROAD, ELONGATED, RAGGED, AND PARTIALLY EXPOSED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION (LLC). THE EIR LOOP ALSO INDICATES THE CENTRAL CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE CONSOLIDATED. THE INITIAL POSITION IS PLACED WITH LOW CONFIDENCE BY TRACING THE LOW CLOUD ELEMENTS IN THE EIR LOOP INTO THE LLC. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 35KTS IS BASED ON THE DVORAK ESTIMATE OF T2.5/35KTS FROM RJTD AND IS SUPPORTED BY OBJECTIVE DVORAK ESTIMATES AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE IMPROVED EIR SIGNATURE. ANALYSES INDICATE A MARGINAL ENVIRONMENT WITH A VIGOROUS POLEWARD OUTFLOW AND WARM (29C) SSTS OFFSET BY MODERATE TO STRONG (15-25KT) RELATIVE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS) AND COOL/DRY NORTHEASTERLY SURGE OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA. THE CYCLONE IS QUASI-STATIONARY (QS) IN A WEAK STEERING ENVIRONMENT IN A COL BETWEEN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) TO THE WEST AND THE STR TO THE EAST. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY FROM THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TS 27W WILL REMAIN QS OVER THE NEXT 24HRS. AFTERWARD, THE STR TO THE EAST WILL SLOWLY DRIVE THE SYSTEM NORTHWESTWARD. BETWEEN TAUS 48 AND 72, THE STR TO THE WEST WILL BUILD, REORIENT NORTHWARD, AND GRADUALLY STEER THE CYCLONE WESTWARD INTO NORTHERN LUZON. THE MARGINALLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL FUEL WEAK INTENSIFICATION TO A PEAK OF 50KTS BY TAU 48. AFTERWARD, INCREASING VWS AND LAND INTERACTION WILL ERODE THE SYSTEM DOWN TO 35KTS AFTER LANDFALL. THERE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT THE STRONG VWS, COLD/DRY SURGE, AND LAND INTERACTION WILL GREATLY OFFSET THE STRONG OUTFLOW AND ERODE THE SYSTEM MORE RAPIDLY AND INTO DISSIPATION BY TAU 72. C. AFTER TAU 72, TS KALMAEGI IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHWESTWARD UNDER THE SECONDARY STR, NOW POSITIONED TO THE NORTHWEST, AND AROUND TAU 84, EXIT INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WHERE THE COLD/DRY NORTHERLY SURGE IS MORE VIGOROUS. THIS, PLUS THE HIGH VWS, WILL RESULT IN DISSIPATION BY TAU 120. THE NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN VERY BROAD AGREEMENT TO THE FORECAST TRACK BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN TRACK SPEED GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE STORM MOTION IN THE COL AND ACROSS THE RUGGED LUZON TERRAIN. IN VIEW OF THESE, THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC TRACK FORECAST.// NNNN NNNN