Tropical Storm Fernand on Sunday is moving north-northeast in the open Atlantic Ocean and is expected to continue on this path for a day or two before it turns northeast, the National Hurricane Center said.

The Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported Fernand was located some 295 miles (475 kilometers) east of Bermuda by late Sunday afternoon.

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