Weather conditions are 'becoming favourable' for the arrival of India's 2012 monsoon rains over the Kerala coast in 48 hours, state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement on Monday.
On May 15, the IMD said annual June-September monsoon rains would hit the southern coast on time on June 1, give or take 4 days.
Officials on Thursday said a cyclonic pressure over the Arabian Sea has delayed the onset, but still expected rains to arrive nearly on time.