<span style="color: #222222;">The India Meteorological Department, IMD, has forecast that Southwest Monsoon will hit Kerala on 6th June, five days after its normal onset date.</span><br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">This marks the start of a rainy season over the region where from it progresses northward.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The IMD said, conditions are becoming favourable for advance of southwest monsoon over the southern part of Andaman Sea, Nicobar Islands and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal during May 18-19.</span><br />''  ''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><br />''</p>