Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are continuing to monitor Tropical Storm Fernand swirling over the open waters of the Atlantic as chances of development for Invest 99L near the Caribbean have now fizzled out.

According to the National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Tuesday advisory, Tropical Storm Fernand is in the Atlantic Ocean, 550 miles east-northeast of Bermuda. With maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, it is moving northeast at 13 mph.