MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION 01C (HALOLA) WARNING NR 38// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 01C (HALOLA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 584 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF IWO TO, HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS PERSISTENT DEEP CENTRAL CONVECTION PARTIALLY OBSCURING A BETTER DEFINED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH SHALLOW CURVED BANDING WRAPPING INTO THE CENTER. A SERIES OF MICROWAVE IMAGES, INCLUDING A 190800Z WINDSAT AND A 190850Z SSMIS, SHOW WELL-DEFINED SHALLOW CURVED BANDING WRAPPING INTO THE LLCC WITH THE DEEP CENTRAL CONVECTION SHEARED SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTHEAST DUE TO LOW TO MODERATE (10-15 KNOT) SOUTHWESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS). THE INITIAL POSITION IS BASED ON THE ABOVE IMAGERY AND SUPPORTED BY A PGTW AND RJTD SATELLITE FIX WITH GOOD CONFIDENCE. DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES HAVE STARTED TO RISE DUE TO THE INCREASE OF CENTRAL CONVECTION; HOWEVER, THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS HELD AT 30 KNOTS BASED ON THOSE ESTIMATES RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 KNOTS. ANIMATED WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS THE TUTT CELL MOVING TO THE NORTH ALLOWING THE MOISTURE FIELD AND OUTFLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE CYCLONE TO EXPAND AND BECOME MORE SYMMETRIC. TD 01C IS TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE DEEP-LAYERED STR. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TD HALOLA WILL TRACK WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD UNDER THE STEERING INFLUENCE OF THE DEEP-LAYERED STR THROUGH TAU 72. TD 01C WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AS IT CONTINUES TO RE-ORGANIZE WITH INCREASED DIVERGENCE ALOFT AND LOW VWS. BEYOND TAU 24, TD HALOLA IS FORECAST TO GAIN A STRONG EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW CHANNEL AND ENCOUNTER REDUCED VWS, CONTINUING THE INTENSIFICATION. DYNAMIC GUIDANCE REMAINS IN TIGHT AGREEMENT THROUGH TAU 48; HOWEVER, THERE IS A CONTINUED SPREAD AT TAU 72 WHICH HAS VARIED FROM 100 TO 175NM. C. IN THE EXTENDED TAUS, EXPECT A MORE NORTHWESTWARD TRACK AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE STEERING STR. THIS REGION WILL PROVIDE A POLEWARD OUTFLOW CHANNEL DOWNSTREAM FROM THE STEERING STR; FURTHERING THE INTENSIFICATION TREND. TD HALOLA WILL ENCOUNTER COOLER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD; HOWEVER, THE INCREASED POLEWARD OUTFLOW SHOULD ALLOW THE CYCLONE TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE FANS OUT AFTER TAU 72, DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING AND SPEED OF THE RE-CURVE. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK IS LOW DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED UNCERTAINTY IN THE RE-CURVE PHASE. IN ADDITION, LOW CONFIDENCE REMAINS IN THE NEAR TERM INTENSITY FORECAST AS TD HALOLA ATTEMPTS TO RE-ORGANIZE AFTER THE COMPLEX INTERACTION WITH THE TUTT CELL.// NNNN NNNN