#39 Postby euro6208 » Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:38 am
Interesting on these rain-flagged.
WDPN31 PGTW 271500
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION 19W (NINETEEN)
WARNING NR 02//
RMKS/
1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS.
2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 19W (NINETEEN), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 839
NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KADENA AB, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED
ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT DEEP CONVECTIVE
BANDING CONTINUES TO WRAP AROUND THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER
(LLCC). THE OVERALL CONVECTIVE STRUCTURE AND BANDING HAS IMPROVED
OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE INITIAL POSITION IS PLACED WITH GOOD
CONFIDENCE AND IS BASED ON A PARTIAL 271233Z METOP-B ASCAT IMAGE
WHICH SHOWS THE LLCC. HOWEVER, THE WIND BARBS AT THE CORE OF THE LLCC
ARE RAIN FLAGGED. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 30 KNOTS IS BASED ON A
DVORAK CURRENT INTENSITY (CI) ESTIMATE OF T2.0 (30 KNOTS) FROM PGTW.
ADDITIONALLY, THE AFOREMENTIONED ASCAT IMAGE SHOWS WIND BARBS OF 30
TO 35 KNOTS, WHICH ARE RAIN FLAGGED. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS SHOWS
THAT TD 19W IS EXPERIENCING FAVORABLE TO NEUTRAL VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
(15 TO 20 KNOTS). TD 19W HAS EXCELLENT EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW BUT
LIMITED POLEWARD OUTFLOW. SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR DEVELOPMENT, BETWEEN 28 AND 30 DEGREES CELSIUS. TD 19W HAS SLOWED
IN FORWARD SPEED AND IS TRACKING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD WHILE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) WHICH IS POSITIONED TO THE
NORTH.
3. FORECAST REASONING.
A. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE
PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE.
B. IN THE SHORT TERM, TD 19W WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
STR. FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR, UPPER LEVEL OUTFLOW, AND SEA
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW TD 19W TO STAIDLY INTENSIFY, REACHING
70 KNOTS BY TAU 48. AFTER TAU 48, TD 19W WILL BEGIN TO ROUND THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE STR AND BEGIN TO TRACK NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD.
DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE HAS COME INTO SLIGHTLY BETTER AGREEMENT WITH
JGSM NOW THE SOLE OUTLIER TO THE EAST. THE PREVIOUS NAVGEM MODEL RUN
WAS AN EASTERN OUTLIER. NOW, NAVGEM IS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
MODEL ENVELOPE. THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK IS PLACED SLIGHTLY TO THE
WEST OF THE MULTI-MODEL CONSENSUS. DUE TO THE INCONSISTENCY IN MODEL
RUNS AND THE JGSM OUTLIER, THERE IS STILL LOW CONFIDENCE IN THIS
PORTION OF THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK.
C. BEYOND TAU 72, TD 19W WILL BEGIN TO ROUND THE WESTERN EDGE OF
THE STR AND BEGIN TO TRACK NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD. UPPER LEVEL OUTFLOW
WILL REMAIN ROBUST ALLOWING TD 19W TO REACH SLIGHTLY ABOVE 90 KNOTS
BETWEEN TAU 72 AND TAU 96. AN APPROACHING WEST TO EAST MOVING
SHORTWAVE THROUGH WILL HELP TO ACCELERATE TD 19W NORTHEASTWARD AFTER
TAU 96. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN POOR AGREEMENT THROUGH TAU
120 WITH A SPREAD OF NEARLY 700 NM. ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE ON THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE MODELS WITH JGSM THE SOLE OUTLIER TO THE EAST.
THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK REMAINS SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST OF THE
MULTI-MODEL CONSENSUS. BASED ON THE WIDE SPREAD IN MODEL GUIDANCE
THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THIS PORTION OF THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK.//
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