MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION 25W (NAKRI) WARNING NR 01// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 25W (NAKRI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 466 NM EAST- SOUTHEAST OF DA NANG, VIETNAM, HAS TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD AT 04 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED (EIR) SATELLITE IMAGERY AND A 051408Z METOP-B ASCAT PASS DEPICT A CONSOLIDATING, CLOSED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH CONVECTION AND 25-30 KT WINDS DISPLACED 50-90 NM FROM THE CENTER. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS SET AT 25 KTS BASED ON THE AFOREMENTIONED ASCAT PASS, WHICH SHOWED 30- 35 KTS TO THE NORTH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL NORTHEASTERLY SURGE, BUT MOSTLY 25 KT WINDS WRAPPED AROUND IN A BROAD SWATH TO THE SOUTH. DVORAK CURRENT INTENSITY ESTIMATES RANGE FROM T1.0 (25 KTS) TO T2.0 (30 KTS) FROM KNES, PGTW, AND RJTD RESPECTIVELY. EXCELLENT POLEWARD OUTFLOW TAPPING INTO THE MIDLATITUDE JET TO THE NORTH IS COMPETING WITH HIGH (20-25 KT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS) SURROUNDING THE SYSTEM TO ENABLE SLOW CONSOLIDATION AND DEVELOPMENT. TD 25W HAS BEEN SLOWLY MEANDERING EASTWARD IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN A WEAK STEERING ENVIRONMENT. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THIS IS THE INITIAL PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE ON THIS SYSTEM AND SETS THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY. B. TD 25W IS FORECAST TO DRIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS IN AN AMBIGUOUS STEERING ENVIRONMENT. IT WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY TO A PEAK OF 60 KTS AT TAU 48 DUE TO THE ROBUST POLEWARD OUTFLOW AND WARM (29 DEGREES CELSIUS) SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES, WHICH WILL BE OFFSET BY SUSTAINED MODERATE TO HIGH VWS, WHICH WILL LIMIT TOTAL INTENSIFICATION POTENTIAL. THERE IS HIGH UNCERTAINTY IN THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST TRACK. NAVGEM AND THE UKMET ENSEMBLE TURN 25W TO THE NORTH IN THE NEAR TERM, WHILE GFS, THE GFS ENSEMBLE, UKMET, AND ECMWF TURN 25W SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH IN THE NEAR TERM, WITH GFS THE SOUTHERNMOST OUTLIER. ALL MODELS THEN REFLECT A WESTWARD TURN AND ACCELERATION AFTER TAU 48 AS A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS IN TO THE WEST AND BECOMES THE DOMINANT STEERING FEATURE. THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK FAVORS THE SOUTHERN SOLUTION AND IS PLACED NEAR THE ECMWF SOLUTION AND THE MULTIMODEL CONSENSUS WITH LOW CONFIDENCE. C. AFTER TAU 72, ALL MODELS AGREE ON A WESTWARD TRACK TOWARDS VIETNAM. TD 25W IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL AFTER TAU 96. IT WILL BEGIN A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND AFTER TAU 72 AS UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE DECREASES, AND THEN WEAKEN MORE RAPIDLY DUE TO LAND INTERACTION AFTER TAU 96. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THIS PORTION OF THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK.// NNNN NNNN