MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL STORM 08W (NEOGURI) WARNING NR 29// RMKS// 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL STORM (TS) 08W (NEOGURI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 74 NM SOUTHEAST OF SASEBO, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED EASTWARD AT 15 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY AND A COMPOSITE RADAR LOOP FROM THE JAPANESE METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY SHOW THE SYSTEM HAS MADE LANDFALL OVER CENTRAL KYUSHU AS THE CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BE GREATLY SHEARED SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC). ALTHOUGH THE LLCC HAS BECOME PARTIALLY EXPOSED, IT REMAINS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT AS IT HAS BECOME BROAD, ELONGATED, AND UNRAVELED. THE INITIAL POSITION IS BASED ON THE ABOVE ANIMATION WITH POOR CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS BASED ON NEARBY SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE CYCLONE IS ACCELERATING ALONG THE POLEWARD SIDE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IN AN AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG (20-30 KNOT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS). THE POLEWARD OUTFLOW, ENHANCED BY THE STRONG MID-LATITUDE WESTERLIES, CONTINUES TO PROVIDE VENTILATION TO THE REMNANT WAYWARD CONVECTION. TS 08W HAS BEGUN TO ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE POLEWARD PERIPHERY OF THE DEEP-LAYERED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE. B. TS NEOGURI WILL STRADDLE THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MAINLAND JAPAN UNTIL TAU 24 BEFORE IT EXITS BACK OVER WATER INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THE SYSTEM WILL COMMENCE EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION BY TAU 12, BECOMING A COLD-CORE LOW BY TAU 36. LAND INTERACTION, INCREASING VWS, AND COOLING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ALL CONTRIBUTE TO ITS RAPID DECAY. THE AVAILABLE DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN TIGHT AGREEMENT, LENDING HIGH CONFIDENCE TO THE JTWC TRACK FORECAST.// NNNN NNNN