MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI// SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W (TWENTYSEVEN) WARNING NR 01// RMKS// 1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS. 2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 27W (TWENTYSEVEN), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 622 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF IWO TO, HAS TRACKED NORTHWESTWARD AT 08 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE ASSOCIATED SHALLOW CONVECTION IS BEING SHEARED TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM AN ILL-DEFINED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION. THE INITIAL POSITION AND INTENSITY ARE BASED ON RECENT SCATTEROMETRY DATA AND FROM DVORAK FIXES FROM PGTW AND RJTD. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE SYSTEM IS SOUTH OF THE RIDGE AXIS IN AN AREA OF STRONG (30-40 KNOT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR (VWS). HOWEVER, ANIMATED WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS AMPLE EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW THAT IS SUSTAINING THE WEAK CONVECTION. THE CYCLONE IS TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST PERIPHERY OF A LOW-LEVEL REFLECTION OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE NORTHEAST. 3. FORECAST REASONING. A. THIS IS THE FIRST PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE AND SETS THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY. B. TD 27W IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG ITS CURRENT TRACK THROUGHOUT ITS SHORT LIFESPAN. THE STRONG VWS, WHICH WILL FURTHER INCREASE AS THE CYCLONE MOVES FURTHER POLEWARD, WILL INDUBITABLY ERODE THE SYSTEM, DISSIPATING TO BELOW THE 25-KNOT WARNING THRESHOLD BY TAU 36, POSSIBLY MUCH SOONER. THE LIMITED DYNAMICAL MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY TIGHT AGREEMENT. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE FRAGILE STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM, THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK. // NNNN NNNN