WDPN32 PGTW 080900 MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR SUPER TYPHOON 19W (CHANTHU) WARNING NR 009// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. SUMMARY: INITIAL POSITION: 15.6N 131.3E INITIAL INTENSITY: 140 KTS GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: 683 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KADENA AB MOVEMENT PAST 6 HOURS: WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD AT 10 KTS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT: 38 FEET SATELLITE ANALYSIS, INITIAL POSITION AND INTENSITY DISCUSSION: ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) INDICATES THAT SUPER TYPHOON CHANTHU HAS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS, WITH A VERY COMPACT CORE OF INTENSE CONVECTION WRAPPING INTO A 5NM PINHOLE EYE. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE INITIAL POSITION BASED ON THE PINHOLE EYE AND AN EXTRAPOLATION OF A 080433Z AMSR2 89GHZ MICROWAVE IMAGE WHICH SHOWED THE PINHOLE EYE SURROUNDED BY A CORE OF INTENSE CONVECTION AS WELL A MOAT REGION AND ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG CONVECTION WHICH IS LIKELY THE FIRST SIGN OF A DEVELOPING SECONDARY EYEWALL. AN EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLE (EWRC) IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IMMINENTLY. OBJECTIVE DVORAK ESTIMATES ARE STRUGGLING TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE INTENSITY OF STY 19W DUE TO EXTREMELY SMALL EYE, THE ADT AT TIMES SWITCHING TO EMBEDDED CENTER TECHNIQUE AS IT STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN TRACK ON THE EYE. SUBJECTIVE ESTIMATES ARE ALSO STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT AND ACCURATE INTENSITY ESTIMATES, AS THE RESOLUTION OF AVAILABLE INFRARED IMAGERY IS SUCH THAT THE EYE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS ARE SHOWING WILD SWINGS FROM AS HIGH AS 16C TO AS LOW AS -48C. ADDITIONALLY, A STRONG INNER-CORE LIGHTNING BURST WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN 0200Z AND 0600Z, WHICH COULD ALSO SUPPORT A PERIOD OF INTENSIFICATION LEADING UP TO THE 0600Z INTENSITY. THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 140 KNOTS BASED PRIMARILY ON AN EXTRAPOLATION OF AN UNOFFICIAL INTENSITY ESTIMATE OF T7.0 OBTAINED AT 0310Z USING THE ADT EYE TEMP OF 16C AND COMPARING THE OVERALL STRUCTURE AT THAT TIME TO THE STRUCTURE AT 0600Z, WHICH HAD DEPICTED AN EVEN SMALLER EYE AND COLDER CLOUD TEMPERATURES, THE LIGHTNING BURST AND ASSESSMENT OF THE AMSR2 MICROWAVE DATA. THUS THE LOW CONFIDENCE INTENSITY IS WELL ABOVE ALL AVAILABLE FIX ESTIMATES. STY 19W IS TRACKING WEST-SOUTHWEST IN A HIGHLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT OF LOW NORTHERLY VWS, GOOD RADIAL OUTFLOW AND WARM SST, HIGH OHC WATERS. INITIAL WIND RADII BASIS: PERSISTENCE CURRENT STEERING MECHANISM: SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF DEEP-LAYER SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) TO THE NORTH. AGENCY DVORAK AND AUTOMATED FIXES: PGTW: T6.5 - 127 KTS RJTD: T6.0 - 115 KTS KNES: T6.5 - 127 KTS CIMSS SATCON: 81 KTS AT 080422Z CIMSS ADT: 107 KTS AT 080540Z FORECASTER ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT ENVIRONMENT: HIGHLY FAVORABLE VWS: 10-15 KTS SST: 29-30 CELSIUS OUTFLOW: MODERATE RADIAL OTHER FACTORS: NORTHERLY SHEAR PRESSURE AND THE EXPECTED ONSET OF AN EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLE. ANALYSIS CONFIDENCE: INITIAL POSITION: HIGH INITIAL INTENSITY: LOW INITIAL WIND RADII: MEDIUM 3. FORECAST REASONING. SIGNIFICANT FORECAST CHANGES: THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FROM THE PREVIOUS WARNING. FORECAST DISCUSSION: STY 19W IS FORECAST TO TURN TO A MORE WESTWARD TRACK OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, AND INITIAL SIGNS OF THIS OCCURRENCE ARE ALREADY BEING SEEN IN ANIMATED MSI THROUGH THE 0800Z HOUR. BEYOND TAU 12 THE STR IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST RESULTING IN A MORE SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST ORIENTATION ALONG ITS SOUTHWEST PERIPHERY, ALLOWING STY 19W TO GRADUALLY TURN MORE NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH TAU 48. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SKIRT THE NORTHEAST TIP OF LUZON BY TAU 48, AND ENTER THE LUZON STRAIT BY TAU 72. WHILE GLOBAL MODEL FIELDS SHOW PRIMARILY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS CENTRAL CHINA, THE ORIENTATION OF THE STR TO THE EAST AND A DEVELOPING STR OVER SOUTHERN CHINA INDUCE A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE NORTHWEST OF TAIWAN, WHICH WILL ALLOW STY 19W TO TURN NORTHWEST AFTER TAU 72 AND HEAD TOWARDS A LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF CHINA BETWEEN TAUS 96 AND 120. STY 19W HAS LIKELY REACHED PEAK INTENSITY. AN EWRC IS FORECASTED TO START IMMINENTLY, WHICH WILL LEAD TO RELATIVELY RAPID WEAKENING THROUGH TAU 24, DOWN TO 120 KNOTS. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE EWRC THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ONCE AGAIN TO A PEAK OF 130 KNOTS AT TAU 48. THEREAFTER INCREASING MID-LEVEL SHEAR AND COOLER SSTS WILL OFFSET INCREASED POLEWARD OUTFLOW LEADING TO STEADY WEAKENING THROUGH LANDFALL. ONCE OVER LAND THE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY WEAKEN DUE TO TERRAIN INFLUENCES. MODEL DISCUSSION: TRACK GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT, WITH A 70NM SPREAD AT TAU 48. BEYOND TAU 48 HOWEVER, THE GUIDANCE SHOWS INCREASING UNCERTAINTY WITH SPREAD INCREASING TO 550NM AT TAU 120. THE ECMWF, NAVGEM, JGSM AND THEIR ENSEMBLES SHOW THE SYSTEM TURNING SHARPLY POLEWARD OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF TAIWAN AND MOVING TOWARDS SHANGHAI. MEANWHILE THE GFS, UKMET AND GALWEM SHOW A TRACK CLOSER TO HONG KONG. THE NAVGEM AND JGSM HAVE BEEN DISCOUNTED AS UNREALISTIC AT THIS TIME, AND THUS THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK LIES SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CONSENSUS MEAN AND CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS FORECASTS WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE THROUGH TAU 48 AND MEDIUM CONFIDENCE THEREAFTER. INTENSITY GUIDANCE HAS STRUGGLED WITH THIS SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY IN THE INTENSIFICATION PHASE. IT HAS NOW COME INTO MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT, WITH DECREASING SPREAD IN THE GUIDANCE. GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW DRASTIC WEAKENING TO 85 KNOTS BY TAU 12 THEN STEADY STATE THROUGH LANDFALL. MEANWHILE COAMPS-TC CONTINUES TO INDICATE INTENSIFICATION, WHICH SEEMS IMPROBABLE. THE REMAINDER OF THE GUIDANCE AGREES ON NEAR TERM WEAKENING FOLLOWED BY A SMALL INTENSIFICATION THEN WEAKENING PRIOR TO LANDFALL. THE JTWC FORECAST LIES CLOSE TO, BUT ABOVE, THE HWRF AND ABOVE THE INTENSITY CONSENSUS. THE TIMING OF EWRC, THE AMOUNT OF WEAKENING EXPECTED AND THE TIMING OF THE COMPLETION OF EWRC ALL LEND LOW CONFIDENCE TO THE INTENSITY FORECAST. FORECAST CONFIDENCE: TRACK 0 - 72 HR: HIGH TRACK 72-120 HR: MEDIUM INTENSITY 0 - 72 HR: LOW INTENSITY 72-120 HR: LOW// NNNN