The National Hurricane Center continued to track Tropical Storm Fernand in the central Atlantic on Monday, but the Gulf remained very quiet as the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches. There were no storms expected to develop in the Gulf in at least the next seven days, according to hurricane center forecasts.

Tropical Storm Fernand continues to persist in its short-lived path out to sea, leaving a relatively quiet Atlantic in its wake. The National Hurricane Center said Fernand crossed