Tropical Storm Fernand has slowly gained strength over the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to continue on its path north-northeast for a day or two, the National Hurricane Center said late Sunday.The Miami-based hurricane center's 11 p.

According to the National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Monday advisory, Tropical Storm Fernand is in the Atlantic Ocean, 360 miles east-northeast of Bermuda. With maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, it is moving north-northeast at 12 mph.

Tropical Storm Fernand has formed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, but the season's sixth named storm is not forecast to make landfall before dying out.