MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 01C (HALOLA) WARNING NR 48// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TYPHOON 01C (HALOLA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 672 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KADENA AB, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A COMPACT SYSTEM WITH TIGHTLY CURVED BANDING WRAPPING INTO A REFORMING EYE FEATURE. THE 212239Z SSMIS MICROWAVE IMAGE CONFIRMS THE TIGHTLY WRAPPED STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM WITH A MICROWAVE EYE FEATURE. THE INITIAL POSITION IS BASED ON THE AFOREMENTIONED SATELLITE IMAGERY WITH GOOD CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS ASSESSED AT 75 KNOTS BASED ON AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF DVORAK ESTIMATES FROM PGTW, KNES, AND RJTD. THE 212357Z ASCAT PASS WAS A BULLS EYE AND USED TO ESTABLISH THE WIND RADII AT THE ANALYSIS POSITION WITH GOOD CONFIDENCE. THOUGH SURROUNDED BY SUBSIDENCE BOTH POLEWARD AND WESTWARD OF THE SYSTEM, UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE SYSTEM IS IN AN AREA OF LIGHT VWS WITH GOOD EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW. TY 01C IS TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE DEEP-LAYERED STR TO THE NORTH. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TY HALOLA WILL CONTINUE TRACKING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD UNDER THE STEERING INFLUENCE OF THE STR THROUGH TAU 48. IT IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS - PEAKING AT 90 KNOTS - DUE TO CONTINUED FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WITH GOOD OUTFLOW, LOW VWS, AND SSTS ABOVE 28 CELSIUS. BEYOND TAU 36, VWS WILL INCREASE WHICH WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN THE SYSTEM. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN TIGHT AGREEMENT THROUGH TAU 48, LENDING TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST. C. IN THE EXTENDED TAUS, THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO TURN POLEWARD AS IT ROUNDS THE SOUTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE STEERING STR. TY HALOLA SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN DUE TO VWS ABOVE 30 KNOTS CAUSED BY STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW FROM A BUILDING MID-LATITUDE RIDGE TO THE NORTHWEST, SSTS DROPPING BELOW 26 CELSIUS, THEN LAND INTERACTION WITH JAPAN. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE SPREADS OUT AFTER TAU 48 DUE TO VARYING DEGREES IN THE TIMING OF THE RE-CURVE AND CONW MEMBERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO CONVERGE ON A SOLUTION REGARDING THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE STR TO THE NORTH. THIS UNCERTAINTY LEADS TO AN OVERALL LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST.// NNNN NNNN