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Converging moisture from the Caribbean and Pacific, combined with a surface trough system, will bring weak to moderate rainfall and scattered thunderstorms with electrical activity across Honduras.

Honduras completed its first cloud-seeding operation on September 26, dispersing silver iodide from an aircraft over moisture-laden clouds to stimulate rainfall in drought-affected areas, with about 20 additional flights planned over the next two to three months.

COPECO warned of heavy downpours and electrical storms across Ocotepeque, Lempira, Intibucá, La Paz, northern Choluteca, and southern Francisco Morazán, with risk of sudden flooding in rivers and streams.

Honduras, the United Nations, and humanitarian organizations launched an international appeal for $60 million to assist 538,000 people across 103 municipalities hit by severe drought, with over 75% of the country facing extreme rainfall deficits that threaten food production and livelihoods.

Honduras's farm and livestock federation warns of an expected severe drought in November and urges producers to use current rains in September and October to plant grains and stockpile feed, as agricultural output has fallen 35–40 percent.

Rains since September 19 have left three dead in Siguatepeque and triggered floods, landslides, and sinkholes across Honduras; firefighters continue searching for a missing driver swept away by the Vallecillo River in Comayagua, while a five-meter sinkhole in Tegucigalpa threatens 14 homes.

Honduras's emergency management agency extended a green weather alert for 36 hours across nine departments and the capital district due to unstable atmospheric conditions that could cause heavy rains, flooding, and landslides in vulnerable areas.

Honduras's weather service predicts heavy rainfall and electrical activity across central, western, and eastern regions from Tuesday through Thursday due to converging humid winds from the Caribbean and Pacific, with southern areas under alert for intensifying storms Friday.

The United Nations has activated an urgent response to a prolonged drought affecting 103 municipalities across Honduras's Dry Corridor, threatening food security and agricultural production as crop losses mount.

Hurricane Polo reached Category 5 strength off Mexico's Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 270 km/h (168 mph), and while it poses no direct threat to Honduras, officials say Pacific cyclones can indirectly affect the country's southern and southwestern regions through shifts in atmospheric patterns.

Honduras faces intense rainfall this week with accumulations of 60–80 millimeters (2.4–3.1 inches) in some areas, prompting authorities to warn of potential flooding and damage to homes in vulnerable zones.

A stationary trough will continue generating rainfall across Honduras through Friday or Saturday, with accumulated precipitation reaching up to 40 millimeters in affected regions.

Climate expert César Quintanilla projects Honduras's 2026 rainy season will end by late October, with little to no rainfall expected in November when cold fronts typically arrive, except for sporadic showers on the north coast.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina said Honduras is ready to begin cloud-seeding operations across 1.8–2 million hectares, mainly in the drought-stricken Dry Corridor, once suitable cloud formations appear and remaining equipment arrives.

Honduras's dry-season break (canícula) is ending, and the National Center for Atmospheric Studies forecasts continuous rainfall across the country in the coming period.

Over 37,000 families in 37 drought-affected municipalities have received humanitarian assistance, and the government is preparing well-drilling, livestock feed, agricultural incentives, and cloud-seeding as additional measures while monitoring the autumn harvest season.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina announced a cloud-seeding program using 2,000 liters of silver iodide across 20 flights to boost rainfall over roughly two million hectares affected by drought, targeting the dry corridor and reservoirs supplying Tegucigalpa.

The Honduran government and United Nations agencies have distributed humanitarian assistance to over 37,000 families in drought-stricken municipalities, with plans to expand coverage and repeat aid in some areas depending on rainfall and harvest outcomes.

Honduras is experiencing simultaneous floods in some areas and severe drought in others, causing crop failures, water shortages, and economic hardship for farmers who have lost harvests and face difficulty repaying loans.

Honduras's meteorologist Víctor Ortega of the national emergency agency COPECO said expected rainfall in the coming months will not be enough to replenish the country's water reservoirs, and the population must prepare for continued water rationing.

A tropical wave entering Honduras on Friday, September 18, will bring abundant rainfall nationwide through the weekend, with central and southern regions expecting up to 80 millimeters (about 3 inches) and potentially helping ease Tegucigalpa's ongoing water shortage.

Cenaos forecasts rain across nearly all of Honduras on Thursday due to an upper-level trough, with potential flooding risks in vulnerable areas.

Cenaos forecasts rain in some zones of Honduras on September 15, the country's Independence Day, though conditions will remain mostly dry with temperatures of 30–40°C (86–104°F) before that date.

The national weather center forecasts rain and thunderstorms across Honduras on Sunday afternoon and evening as a trough system moves over central and eastern regions, with rainfall expected to reach 20–25 millimeters.

Honduras begins cloud-seeding flights on Saturday from Tegucigalpa's Toncontín airport between 3 and 6 p.m. to stimulate rainfall in drought-affected regions, including the Francisco Morazán reservoir and the dry corridor near San Marcos de Colón in Choluteca.

Honduras will experience scattered rain, moderate showers, and thunderstorms throughout the day with heaviest precipitation in the eastern, central, western, and southern regions; temperatures will reach up to 35°C in the south.

A tropical wave interacting with Pacific winds will bring moderate to heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across much of Honduras on Sunday, September 20, with the heaviest accumulation expected in the south, southwest, central, and eastern regions.

Honduras will see clear, warm conditions through mid-morning on September 15 before rain moves into the central region and south during the afternoon, with accumulations of 3–5 mm most places but 15–25 mm possible in parts of Olancho, Atlántida, and Comayagua.

COPECO's weather center forecasts rain across most of Honduras on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 inches) in central, eastern, northern, and western zones and lighter showers in the south, continuing Thursday.

A weather system will bring scattered afternoon showers and isolated thunderstorms to Honduras's eastern, northern, and central regions on Friday, with Gracias a Dios, Atlántida, and Colón expecting the heaviest rainfall of up to 10 millimeters, while temperatures peak at 41°C in Choluteca.