WDPN31 PGTW 200300 MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR DEPRESSION 06W WARNING NR 01// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR 200000Z TO 230000Z JUL 2005. A. TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD) 06W HAS FORMED APPROXIMATELY 325 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WAKE ISLAND, AND HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 06 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY INDICATES THAT CONVECTION HAS NEARLY WRAPPED AROUND THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). B. TD 06W WILL TRACK NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE NEXT 72 HOURS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MID LEVEL STEERING RIDGE LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST. THE AVAILABLE DYNAMIC AIDS CONSISTING OF EGRR, NCEP GFS, WBAR, AND NOGAPS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS SCENARIO. THIS FORECAST IS BASED ON A CONSENSUS OF ALL AVAILABLE DYNAMIC AIDS. C. TD 06W SHOULD INTENSIFY AT A CLIMATOLOGICAL RATE FOR THE FIRST 48 HOURS DUE TO A LOW SHEAR ENVIRONMENT AND FAVORABLE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST). AFTERWARD, THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO ENCOUNTER LOWER SST AND WEAKEN. D. CURRENT WIND RADII ARE BASED ON A 191848Z QUIKSCAT PASS AND FORECAST WIND RADII ARE BASED ON CLIMATOLOGY FOR AN AVERAGE SIZED SYSTEM. 3. FORECAST TEAM: CHARLIE// NNNN