MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR SUPER TYPHOON 08W (NEOGURI)// WARNING NR 17// RMKS// 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. SUPER TYPHOON (STY) 08W (NEOGURI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 367 NM SOUTH OF KADENA AB, OKINAWA, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 11 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY (MSI) SHOWS THE SYSTEM HAS MAINTAINED AN EXPANSIVE AREAL COVERAGE AS TIGHTLY CURVED DEEP CONVECTIVE BANDS, MOSTLY FEEDING FROM THE SOUTHERN FLANK, WRAPPED EVEN TIGHTER INTO A NEW WELL-DEFINED 35-NM EYE. THE 12-HOUR MSI LOOP ALSO SHOWS THE EYEWALL HAS EXPANDED INTO THIS NEW EYE DIAMETER. THIS IS CAPTURED IN A 062316Z 89 GHZ SSMIS MICROWAVE IMAGE AS A HIGHLY REFLECTIVE CONVECTIVE RING. THE INITIAL POSITION IS BASED ON THE MSI ANIMATION AND THE MICROWAVE IMAGE WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS AVERAGED FROM DVORAK ESTIMATES FROM PGTW, KNES, AND RJTD. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE SYSTEM IS 04 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE RIDGE AXIS IN AN AREA OF LOW (05-10 KNOT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS). ADDITIONALLY, THE CYCLONE HAS MAINTAINED A MESOSCALE POINT SOURCE THAT IS PROVIDING HIGHLY-EFFICIENT RADIAL VENTILATION. THIS IS EVIDENT ON ANIMATED WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. STY 08W CONTINUES TO TRACK ALONG THE SOUTHWEST EXTENSION OF A DEEP-LAYERED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) TO THE NORTH. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. STY 08W WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH TAU 12 BEFORE TURNING NORTHWARD AS THE STR RECEDES WITH THE APPROACH OF A MID-LATITUDE TROUGH FROM THE NORTHWEST. AFTER TAU 24, THE CYCLONE WILL CREST THE RIDGE AND RECURVE NORTHEASTWARD AS A SECONDARY TROUGH FURTHER WEAKENS THE STEERING STR. DUE TO VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS MENTIONED IN PARA 2, FURTHER INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS WITH A PEAK OF 145 KNOTS. BEYOND TAU 36, COOLING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST), INCREASING VWS AHEAD OF THE MID-LATITUDE WESTERLIES, AND LANDFALL INTO KYUSHU, JAPAN, WILL SLOWLY ERODE THE SYSTEM. C. AFTER TAU 72, STY NEOGURI WILL COMMENCE EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION AND ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE COLD BAROCLINIC ZONE. THE INCREASED MID-LATITUDE INTERACTION, DECREASING SST, AND LAND INTERACTION WILL CAUSE ITS RAPID DETERIORATION BEFORE BECOMING A FULL-FLEDGED COLD CORE LOW BY TAU 120. THE AVAILABLE DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN TIGHT AGREEMENT, LENDING HIGH CONFIDENCE TO THE JTWC TRACK FORECAST WHICH IS POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE MULTI-MODEL CONSENSUS.// NNNN NNNN