MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 09W (BAVI) WARNING NR 010// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TYPHOON 09W (BAVI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 127 NM WEST-NORTHWEST OF KADENA AB, HAS TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 03 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE CURRENT POSITION IS BASED ON RECENT SATELLITE FIXES FROM RJTD AND PGTW, RADAR IMAGERY FROM OKINAWA AND 231713Z MICROWAVE SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM THE AMSR2 SENSOR. THE INTENSITY OF 65 KNOTS IS CONSISTENT WITH A CONSENSUS OF SUBJECTIVE DVORAK AND AUTOMATED INTENSITY ESTIMATES FROM MULTIPLE REPORTING AGENCIES. THE PREVIOUS, 231200Z INTENSITY ESTIMATE WAS REVISED DOWNWARD FROM 70 KNOTS TO 60 KNOTS BASED ON A 121214Z METOP-A ASCAT DATA INDICATING NO HIGHER THAN 50-60 KNOT WIND SPEEDS WITHIN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE CIRCULATION. TY 09W HAS INTENSIFIED SLIGHTLY OVER THE SIX HOURS SINCE THEN, WHILE CHURNING SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF A DEEP-LAYERED STEERING RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEEP CONVECTIVE BANDING HAS PERSISTED AND EXPANDED OVER THE CIRCULATION, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE EASTERN SEMICIRCLE. TY 09W IS SITUATED WITHIN AN AREA OF LOW (10-15 KNOTS) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS), VERY WARM (29-30C) SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SSTS) AND FAVORABLE RADIAL DIFFLUENCE ALOFT. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION IS NOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD PRIOR TO DISSIPATION. FORECAST INTENSITIES IN THE NEAR-TERM ARE SLIGHTLY LOW DUE TO THE UPDATED INTENSITY ANALYSIS, AND FORECAST INTENSITIES AFTER TAU 48 ARE ALSO A BIT LOWER DUE TO ANTICIPATED MID-LATITUDE TROUGH INTERACTION AND RAPID WEAKENING OVER LAND. OTHERWISE, THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TY 09W WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK GENERALLY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH TAU 12 AS IT O FOLLOWS THE FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE STEERING RIDGE POSITIONED TO THE SOUTHEAST. STEADY TO RAPID INTENSIFICATION IS ANTICIPATED DUE TO FAVORABLE VWS, SSTS AND UPPER-LEVEL OUTFLOW. AFTER TAU 12, A BUILDING SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE EAST IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER AS THE DOMINANT STEERING MECHANISM, INDUCING A GENERALLY POLEWARD TRACK INTO THE YELLOW SEA. BY TAU 72, TY 09W WILL BEGIN THE FIRST PHASE OF EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITIONS AS IT INTERACTS WITH A DEVELOPING MID-LATITUDE TROUGH. SIMULTANEOUS WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED PRIMARILY DUE TO INCREASING VWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID-LATITUDE TROUGH INTERACTION. NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL TRACK FORECAST SCENARIO, BUT THERE IS NOTEWORTHY SPREAD BETWEEN THE WESTERNMOST CONSENSUS MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE ECMWF MODEL, AND THE EASTERNMOST MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE GFS MODEL. NONE OF THE AVAILABLE MODEL FORECASTS INDICATE CENTER PASSAGE OVER SOUTH KOREA. THE MULTI-MODEL CONSENSUS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MODEL RUNS, AND THE CURRENT JTWC TRACK FORECAST IS SITUATED NEAR THE CONSENSUS AND PREVIOUS JTWC FORECASTS WITH FAIR CONFIDENCE. C. AFTER TAU 72, TY 09W IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN EITHER NORTH KOREA OR NORTHEASTERN CHINA. THE SYSTEM WILL ACCELERATE POLEWARD OVER LAND AS IT BECOMES FULLY EMBEDDED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED MID-LATITUDE TROUGH. RAPID WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL CONDITIONS AND PASSAGE OVER LAND. THE SYSTEM WILL BE FULLY EXTRATROPICAL BY TAU 96. NNNN NNNN