The National Hurricane Center on Sunday continued to track newly formed Tropical Storm Fernand in the open Atlantic while also eyeing a system approaching the Caribbean that could become the next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. advisory, the center of Fernand was located about 295 miles east of Bermuda moving north-northeast at 13 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extend out 60 miles.

“This motion is expected to continue for the next day or two, followed by a turn to the northeast,” forecasters said. “On the forecast track, Fernand should move well east of Bermuda and across the open waters of the subtropical North Atlantic.”

While it may strengthen in the next two days, it’s not expected to threaten any land before weakening by

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