MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL STORM 22W (BUALOI) WARNING NR 004// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 22W (BUALOI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 460 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM, HAS TRACKED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 13 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A CONSOLIDATING SYSTEM WITH TIGHTENING RAIN BANDS AND A DEEPENING CENTRAL CONVECTION AS EVIDENCED BY COOLING CLOUD TOPS. THE INITIAL POSITION IS PLACED WITH FAIR CONFIDENCE BY EXTRAPOLATING FROM A FORMATIVE MICROWAVE EYE IN THE 1520Z AMSR2 37GHZ IMAGE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 50KTS IS BASED ON THE HIGH END OF AGENCY DVORAK ESTIMATES RANGING FROM T2.5/35KTS TO T3.5/55KTS AND REFLECTS THE IMPROVED STATE OF THE SYSTEM. UPPER-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH LOW (05-10KT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS) AND RADIAL OUTFLOW WITH A STRONG EQUATORWARD BIAS. SST VALUES OF 29-30C REMAIN CONDUCIVE. TS 22W IS TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A DEEP-LAYERED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) TO THE NORTH. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY FROM THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TS 22W IS FORECAST TO TRACK MORE NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH TAU 72 UNDER THE STR AND GRADUALLY INTENSIFY TO 100KTS, ENHANCED BY THE AFOREMENTIONED FAVORABLE CONDITIONS. C. AFTER TAU 72, TS 22W WILL TURN NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD THEN ACCELERATE NORTHWARD AFTER IT CRESTS THE STR, PEAKING AT 105KTS BEFORE IT STARTS WEAKENING MOSTLY DUE TO INCREASING VWS, AND BY TAU 120 SHOULD BE DOWN TO 95KTS. NUMERICAL MODELS HAVE TIGHTENED EVEN MORE WITH MINIMAL SPREADING TO 130NM AT TAU 72 AND 140NM AT TAU 120, LENDING HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK.// NNNN NNNN