Tropical Storm Fernand formed in the Atlantic on Saturday a few hundred miles south-southeast of Bermuda and is expected to continue to strengthen through Sunday while it travels generally

Tropical Storm Fernand (fair-NAHN) is the newest player in the Atlantic.The storm formed from an area of interest labeled Invest 90-L by the National Hurricane Center. It is forecast to maintain a north-northeasterly course before weakening near Newfoundland in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

Fernand is moving toward the north near 15 mph, about 295 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. A north-northeastward motion at a gradually increasing forward speed is anticipated during the next couple of days, followed by a turn to the northeast.