There has been no perceptible change in conditions which have prompted an outlook for a delayed-than-forecast onset of monsoon over the Kerala coast.
It continues to be bright and sunny morning, though at times cloudy but mostly windy, in Thiruvananthapurm, the monsoon gateway for mainland India.
Winds continued to track west-northwesterly, which is contra-indicative for monsoon onset conditions, but have picked up in speed (24 km/hr) compared to yesterday.
Humidity also is at slightly elevated levels of 74 per cent this morning. A spell or two of thundershowers has been forecast.
Winds would continue to be west-northwesterly at least until Monday, thanks to the disruptive influence of a circulation in the southwest Arabian Sea.
The monsoon advance line has not progressed beyond the Colombo, Sri Lanka-latitude since past three days. The deadlock continued this morning, too.
India Meteorological Department merely said that conditions would become favourable for its advance into parts of southeast Arabian Sea (off Kerala) during next two days.
It said that the rains along the west coast of India might scale up by Tuesday. This phase is likely to be accompanied by the onset of monsoon.
Meanwhile, the monsoon is yet to cover the island nations of Sri Lanka and Maldives in their entirety.