Tropical Storm Fernand is strengthening over open Atlantic waters as it churns well east of Bermuda. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center reports the storm was located Sunday afternoon about

Tropical Storm Fernand is forming near Bermuda with 40 mph sustained winds. This storm will not make any impact on land as it stays out in the Atlantic. There’s another area we’re watching for development that’s currently about 200 miles east of the Windward Islands.

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