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 was approximately 300 miles southeast of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph as of 5 a.m.

The storm is expected to "move well east of Bermuda and across the open waters of the subtropical North Atlantic," the National Hurricane Center said.