MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 03W (HAGUPIT) WARNING NR 012// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TYPHOON (TY) 03W (HAGUPIT), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 203 NM SOUTH OF SHANGHAI, CHINA, HAS TRACKED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED (EIR) SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A 17NM ELONGATED AND RAGGED EYE WITH COMPACT, ALBEIT DEEP, SPIRAL BANDING OVER THE SOUTHERN SEMICIRCLE WRAPPING INTO THE EYEWALL. THE INITIAL POSITION IS PLACED WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE BASED ON THE DEFINED EYE FEATURES IN EIR AND COMPOSITE RADAR LOOPS. THE SYSTEM IS ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL INTO WENZHOU CITY, CHINA. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 70 KNOTS IS BASED ON THE WEAKENING DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES OF T4.0/4.5 (65/77KTS) FROM PGTW AND RCTP AND CONSISTENT WITH NEARBY SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. DESPITE THE IMMINENT LANDFALL INTO CHINA, PERSISTENT NORTHERLY VWS, AND CONVERGENCE ALOFT OVER THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY, TY 03W HAS REMAINED SOLID WITH MINIMAL DEGRADATION PRIMARILY DUE TO ROBUST EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW EVIDENT IN ANIMATED WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. TY 03W IS TRACKING ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF A DEEP-LAYERED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) TO THE NORTHEAST. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. NO CHANGE IN THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TY HAGUPIT WILL TRACK MORE NORTHWARD OVER THE RAGGED TERRAIN OF EASTERN CHINA WEST OF SHANGHAI AS IT ROUNDS THE STR AXIS. SHORTLY AFTER TAU 30, IT WILL EXIT INTO THE YELLOW SEA AND ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD. STRONG VWS AND LAND INTERACTION WILL RAPIDLY ERODE THE SYSTEM DOWN TO 35KTS BEFORE EXITING BACK INTO WATER. THE ADDITION OF COOL SST IN THE YELLOW SEA WILL LEAD TO DISSIPATION BY TAU 48, POSSIBLY SOONER, AS IT APPROACHES NORTH KOREA. NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN TIGHT AGREEMENT BUT GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF LAND PASSAGE, THERE IS MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST TRACK, WHICH IS POSITIONED NEAR THE MULTI-MODEL CONSENSUS.// NNNN NNNN