MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 24W (HALONG) WARNING NR 022// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TYPHOON 24W (HALONG), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 98 NM NORTHWEST OF MINAMI TORI SHIMA, JAPAN HAS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT 14 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A LARGE AREA OF PERSISTENT DEEP CONVECTION OBSCURING THE LOW- LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). HOWEVER, A 071548Z AMSR2 37GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE REVEALS A MICROWAVE EYE, WHICH SUPPORTS THE CURRENT POSITION WITH GOOD CONFIDENCE. UPPER-LEVEL ANALYSIS REVEALS A MARGINALLY-FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH LOW TO MODERATE (10 TO 20 KNOTS) SOUTHERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS) OFFSET BY ROBUST POLEWARD OUTFLOW. THE CURRENT INTENSITY IS ASSESSED AT 80 KNOTS BASED ON MULTI-AGENCY DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF 4.5 (77 KNOTS) AND A 071740Z SATCON ESTIMATE OF 79 KNOTS. TY 24W IS TRACKING ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF A DEEP-LAYERED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR). 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY FROM THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TY 24W (HALONG) WILL ACCELERATE POLEWARD WHILE GRADUALLY TURNING NORTHEASTWARD TO EAST-NORTHEASTWARD. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE UNFAVORABLE WITH INCREASING VWS AND COOLING SSTS, WHICH SUPPORTS THE WEAKENING TREND. BY TAU 24, THE SYSTEM WILL ENCOUNTER THE BAROCLINIC ZONE AND BEGIN EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION (ETT). THESE COMBINED DYNAMICS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ITS RAPID DECAY, AND BY TAU 48 WILL BE REDUCED TO A STORM-FORCE COLD CORE LOW WITH AN EXPANSIVE WIND FIELD AS IT COMPLETES ETT. THE NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN TIGHT AGREEMENT, LENDING HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC TRACK FORECAST.// NNNN NNNN