Tropical cyclone JUDY was centered at 22.2°S, 172.8°E with 50m/s wind speed and lowest pressure 970hPa, moving 20~25 km per hour at 00:00 (UTC) on March 2, 2023.

Simultaneously, newly generated tropical cyclone KEVIN had 25m/s wind speed at its center and was moving 15 km per hour.

Image by FY-4B GHI from 14:31 to 14:57 (UTC) on March 1, 2023.

Long-wavelength IR image by global GEO satellites at 00:00 (UTC) on March 2 show these two cyclones (red circle) in south Paciofic.

Image by FY-4B at 03:00 (UTC) on March 2 shows JUDY bringing winds and rains to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Colored long-wavelength IR image by FY-4B at 03:00 (UTC) on March 2 shows Cloud Top Temperature lower than -80°C at its center.

Ocean Wind Vector monitoring by FY-3E on February 28 shows sea surface wind speed more than 20 m/s at its center.