Severe Tropical Cyclone Judy is a currently active tropical cyclone affecting Vanuatu. Judy was the fourth named tropical cyclone and second severe tropical cyclone of the 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season, Judy was first noted as an area of low pressure to the south of Samoa in Vanuatu on February 22. Initially designated by the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) as 08F, the system moved slowly to the north of Fiji for several days before becoming a tropical depression on 26 February. Later that day, the tropical depression intensified into a tropical cyclone and was assigned the name Judy. Meteorological history On February 23, the Fiji Meteorological Service reported that Tropical Disturbance 08F had developed about to the southeast of Halalo in Wallis and Futuna. At this stage, the system was poorly organised and located within a marginal environment for further development, with very warm sea surface temperatures of being offset by high levels of vertical windshear. Over the next couple of days, the disturbance slowly consolidated and gradually developed as it moved westwards, before the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on the system on February 26. On February 27, the FMS reported that 08F had developed into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale and named it Judy. The JTWC initiated advisories on the system and classified it as Tropical Cyclone 15P. The cyclone convective banding with a central dense overcast (CDO) seen from satellite imagery. At 09:00 UTC on February 28, Judy strengthened into a Category 1-equivalent tropical cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS). Judy further developed due to high sea surface temperatures of , leading to the FMS to upgrade its status to Category 2 tropical cyclone the same day, before upgrading further to a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone on February 28. Continuing to rapidly intensify, Judy intensified, becoming a Category 2-equivalent cyclone. At around 22:00 UTC, Judy made landfall on the island of Efate in Vanuatu, with sustained winds of . During 1 March, the FMS subsequently reported that Judy had become a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone with 10-minute sustained winds of . Judy had intensified with 1-minute sustained wind speeds of , which made it equivalent to a Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone. Current storm information As of 12:00 UTC 28 February, Severe Tropical Cyclone Judy is located near .