WDPN31 PGTW 240300 MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 06W (KAEMI) WARNING NR 25// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR 240000Z TO 270000Z JUL 2006. A. TYPHOON (TY) 06W (KAEMI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 215 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN, HAS TRACKED WESTWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. B. THE STORM HAS TRACKED MORE WESTWARD OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS AS THE SUBTROPICAL TO THE NORTH OF TY 06W BUILDS WESTWARD. A WEST- NORTHWESTWARD TRACK IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD TAKING TY 06W OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF TAIWAN BETWEEN TAU 24 AND 36. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A SECOND LANDFALL WELL NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG AND DISSIPATE OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHINA. THE AVAILABLE DYNAMIC AIDS CONSISTING OF NOGAPS, GFDN, NCEP GFS, JGSM, JTYM, WBAR, TCLAPS, UKMO AND AFWA MM5 ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THIS FORECAST SCENARIO THROUGH TAU 24 BUT DIVERGE THEREAFTER. A POLEWARD GROUPING CONSISTS OF WBAR, AFWA MM5, EGRR, AND NOGAPS, WHILE AN EQUATORWARD GROUPING CONSISTS OF NCEP GFS, JGSM, AND JTYM. DIVERGENCE IN THE DYNAMIC AIDS IS DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE ORIENTATION AND STRENGTH OF THE NORTHERN STEERING RIDGE. THIS FORECAST IS BASED ON A CONSENSUS OF ALL DYNAMIC AIDS. C. A 240018Z SSMIS PASS DEPICTED AN EMBEDDED CENTER, WITH MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION DISPLACED EQUATORWARD DUE TO MODERATE NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY SHEAR. MODERATE SHEAR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TAU 24 INHIBITING INTENSIFICATION. INTERACTION WITH TAIWAN WILL CAUSE THE SYSTEM TO WEAKEN AFTER TAU 24 AND THE SYSTEM WILL DISSIPATE OVER CHINA BY TAU 72. HOWEVER, IF TY 06W DEVIATES SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF TAIWAN, SOME INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE AS THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ABATES. D. CURRENT WIND RADII ARE BASED ON AVAILABLE OBSERVATIONS AND A 232205Z WINDSAT PASS. FORECAST WIND RADII ARE BASED ON CLIMATOLOGY FOR AN AVERAGE-SIZED SYSTEM. FORECAST TEAM: CHARLIE// NNNNHTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:46:57 GMT Server: Apache Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8