MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 22W (MUJIGAE) WARNING NR 13// RMKS// 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TYPHOON (TY) 22W (MUJIGAE), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 316 NM EAST OF HANOI, VIETNAM, HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. RECENT ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A SYMMETRIC SIGNATURE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY DEEPENED CONVECTIVE BANDING TIGHTLY WRAPPING INTO A 13-NM DIAMETER EYE. A 032334Z SSMIS MICROWAVE IMAGE ALSO REVEALS INCREASED CONVECTIVE BANDS SURROUNDING AN APPARENT MICROWAVE EYE. THE CURRENT POSITION IS BASED ON THE MSI AND AFOREMENTIONED SSMIS IMAGE WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS RAISED TO 95 KNOTS BASED ON THE IMPROVING STRUCTURE AND AN INCREASE IN DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES (RANGING FROM 90 TO 102 KNOTS) FROM ALL REPORTING AGENCIES. IN ADDITION TO THE WARM SSTS (30+ DEGREES CELSIUS), UPPER-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES TY 22W REMAINS IN A VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH LOW VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND RADIAL OUTFLOW SUPPORTING THE RAPID INTENSIFICATION OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. MUJIGAE IS TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE STR TO THE NORTHEAST. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY FROM THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. HOWEVER, THE FORECAST INTENSITY HAS INCREASED DUE TO RAPID INTENSIFICATION AS THE SYSTEM TRACKS OVER A VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. B. TY MUJIGAE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK WEST-NORTHWESTWARD UNDER THE STEERING INFLUENCE OF THE STR THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER WATER; HOWEVER, AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES SOUTHERN CHINA, LAND INTERACTION WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN 22W. AFTERWARDS, MUJIGAE WILL RAPIDLY ERODE AND WILL DISSIPATE AS IT TRACKS FURTHER INLAND. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN VERY TIGHT AGREEMENT, LENDING HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK.// NNNN NNNN