Conditions are favourable for the onset of the northeast monsoon over the southern peninsula in the next two to three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday, forecasting a prolonged wet spell across the region over the following five to six days. In its daily forecast, the IMD said the southwest monsoon continued to withdraw from the remaining parts of the country even as conditions developed for the arrival of the northeast monsoon. “Isolated heavy rainfall is expected over Kerala and Mahe, coastal and south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, and...