While the National Hurricane Center monitored two tropical systems further out in the Atlantic on Sunday, the Gulf remained free of tropical storms.
Tropical Storm Fernand, the sixth named storm in the Atlantic for 2025, was one of them.
On Saturday, Fernand (fair-NAHN) developed, and on Sunday, it stayed a minor tropical storm. According to forecasters, it might get stronger over the course of the following day or two.
Fernand is predicted by the storm center to move east of Bermuda this week. The United States is not in danger from it.
Tropical Storm Fernand’s center was roughly 295 miles east-southeast of Bermuda as of 10 a.m. CDT Sunday. It was moving at a speed of 15 mph toward the north-northeast.
Winds in Fernand reached 40 mph. It is not predicted that Fernand will turn into a hurricane. According to the hurricane center’s strength forecast, the storm’s maximum wind speed is 60 mph.
At 74 mph, hurricane-force winds start.
The core of Fernand will move well east of Bermuda on Monday and move toward the northern Atlantic, according to the hurricane center’s official predicted track.
THE CARIBBEAN
A tropical wave that was expected to make landfall in the Caribbean this week was also being monitored by the storm center.
About 200 miles east of the Windward Islands, the disturbance was moving westward at a speed of 20 to 25 miles per hour on Sunday morning.
In the next day or two, when it is anticipated to be moving between the Windward and Leeward Islands, there is a brief opportunity for it to intensify into a tropical depression, according to the hurricane center.
However, once the wave enters the Caribbean, it is anticipated that the environment will become more unfavorable for the disturbance to continue growing.
However, through Monday, the disturbance may bring periods of heavy rain to the Windward and Leeward Islands.
An Air Force surveillance plane is expected to look into the system this afternoon, according to the hurricane center.
