MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL STORM 27W (IN-FA) WARNING NR 32// RMKS/ 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 27W (IN-FA), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 519 NM SOUTHWEST OF IWO TO, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 06 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND WITH DEEP CONVECTION SHEARING OVER THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WHILE DECREASING IN AREAL EXTENT. A 241739Z SSMI 85GHZ COMPOSITE IMAGE SHOWS AN EXPOSED, TIGHTLY-WRAPPED LLCC WITH THE CENTER LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE DEEP CONVECTION, WHICH PROVIDES GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENT POSITION. TS 27W IS EMBEDDED WITHIN A DEEP SUBTROPICAL TROUGH, WHICH IS PRODUCING STRONG (30 TO 40 KNOTS) SOUTHWESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND VIGOROUS POLEWARD VENTING. THIS ENVIRONMENT IS HELPING TO SUSTAIN THE LIMITED DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE SYSTEM. THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN DECREASED TO 60 KNOTS BASED ON THE CONVECTIVE SIGNATURE AND DVORAK ESTIMATES RANGING FROM 55 TO 77 KNOTS. TS 27W IS TRACKING ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TS IN-FA WILL GRADUALLY ACCELERATE AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD INTO STRONGER MIDLATITUDE SOUTHWESTERLIES AFTER TAU 12. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO BEGIN EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION (ETT) NEAR TAU 12 AS IT BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE AND THE MIDLATITUDE WESTERLIES. TS 27W SHOULD COMPLETE ETT BY TAU 48 AS IT BECOMES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE MIDLATITUDE WSETERLIES AND GAINS FRONTAL CHRACTERISTICS. DYNAMIC GUIDANCE IS IN TIGHT AGREEMENT, LEADING TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK.// NNNN NNNN