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The Meteorological Department has forecast thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds and lightning at isolated places over North India, including Delhi, and also in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.

In the national capital, the mercury slipped by several notches this morning, a day after the city was hit by a dust storm and rain.

The minimum temperature settled at 23.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal. The MeT department said, cloudy weather will continue for the next three to four days.

Talking to media, senior MeT department official, Kuldeep Shrivastava said, the Monsoon is expected to reach Delhi by the 29th of this month.

The MeT department has also predicted rough to very rough sea condition over East Central, West Central and Southwest Arabian Sea, Odisha, West Bengal Coasts and North Bay of Bengal. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into these areas.