 After passing near or over Tikopia the system started to move south-eastwards during that day, as a trough of low pressure created a break in the ridge of high pressure that was steering Xavier.The FMS subsequently estimated during October 24, that the system had peaked as a Category 4 Severe Tropical Cyclone with 10-minute sustained wind speeds of , while it was located about to the east of Vanua Lava in northern Vanuatu.The JTWC also estimated during October 24, that the system had peaked with 1-minute sustained wind speeds of , which made it equivalent to a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.