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A surface trough will generate widespread clouds, weak to moderate rain, and isolated thunderstorms across most of Honduras, with high temperatures ranging from 28°C to 33°C depending on region.

Honduras's disaster agency maintained a 48-hour green alert in vulnerable zones around Lake Yojoa and the Central District due to a tropical wave expected to bring heavy rains, flooding, and landslides to eastern, central, and southwestern regions.

Honduras's disaster agency issued a 48-hour Green Alert in vulnerable regions including the Central District and Lake Yojoa due to heavy rainfall, risk of landslides, and flash flooding from Caribbean moisture.

A tropical wave moving into Honduras will bring heavy rain across northern, central, and eastern regions, prompting authorities to warn of potential flooding, swollen rivers, and landslides in vulnerable areas.

More than 600 Honduran families have been affected by rain since October 2, with authorities monitoring swollen rivers including the Ulúa and coordinating humanitarian aid through 23 national emergency agencies.

The UN warns that El Niño will reach peak intensity in December 2026, but Honduras is already experiencing severe drought that is damaging maize and bean harvests and threatening food security for over 538,000 people, according to the FAO and UN agencies.

Honduras's emergency agency ruled out a tsunami threat to Honduran coasts after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Panama on October 9, though it continues monitoring sea conditions and regional seismic activity.

Tropical Storm Isaías is rapidly intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico and forecasters predict it will become the Atlantic basin's first hurricane of 2026 by Friday, though Honduras authorities indicate no direct threat to the country.

Search-and-rescue teams are combing Lake Yojoa after a reported capsizing involving four people, while authorities report heavy rains, landslides, and a death by lightning strike across Honduras during the Morazán holiday week.

Honduras's weather service forecasts significant rainfall throughout the Morazán holiday week due to a tropical wave, a trough, and converging Pacific and Caribbean winds, with risks of river flooding and landslides in vulnerable areas.

Honduras's National Risk Management Agency reports that 233 municipalities remain under drought alert, with 103 at the highest level, affecting 5.6 million people and threatening food security through crop losses and reduced rural employment in the south.

Jorge Castellanos, 25, a forecaster at Honduras's atmospheric center (Cenaos), works to predict weather across a country with complex terrain and limited monitoring infrastructure, facing public scrutiny when forecasts miss while calling for investment in observation stations and upgraded equipment.

Climate expert César Quintanilla warns that strong upper-level winds and El Niño conditions are suppressing hurricane formation in the Atlantic, though Honduras will still see rainfall from tropical waves through October and drier conditions by November.

Honduras's disaster agency warned of heavy rainfall with electrical activity affecting the western, central, and southern regions due to remnants of a tropical wave combined with an upper-level trough, urging residents to avoid open areas during storms and take precautions against sudden flooding.

El Niño is warming Atlantic waters and suppressing tropical cyclone development, with forecasters expecting only about 7 hurricanes in 2026 compared to a typical season's 15, though October and November remain the wettest and most active months for Honduras.

Intensifying Super El Niño conditions in the Pacific are driving increased moisture and tropical wave activity toward Honduras, with forecasters predicting rainfall totals of 80–150 millimeters across different regions over the next eight days.

The national weather center forecasts heavy rain and thunderstorms nationwide on Sunday, October 18, with the most intense rainfall expected in western, central-southern, and Caribbean coastal regions including the Bay Islands.

A tropical wave will bring afternoon and evening rainfall with thunderstorms to central and southern Honduras on Monday, October 12, though forecasters warn precipitation will drop sharply after October 20 as the dry season begins.

A tropical wave and Pacific ocean breeze will produce widespread clouds and scattered light rain with isolated moderate showers across most of Honduras, heaviest in the southwest, north, and central regions.

Honduras's emergency authority activated yellow and green alerts across the capital, Valle, and northern, western, and southern regions for 48 hours beginning Saturday evening due to heavy rains threatening flooding and mudslides.

Copeco issued yellow alerts for the Central District and parts of Valle, and green alerts for Santa Bárbara, Copán, Choluteca, and San Pedro Sula, warning of potential river flooding, landslides, and fallen trees over the next 48 hours.

A weather system will bring scattered to moderate-to-strong rain and thunderstorms across most of Honduras on Saturday, with the heaviest activity in the western, southern, and central regions.

Honduras extended a Green Alert for 48 hours through three major cities—Alianza, the Central District, and San Pedro Sula—due to continued heavy rains threatening floods and landslides, with the Central, South, and Western regions at highest risk.

The National Center for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Seismic Studies forecasts rain and showers nationwide on Tuesday, with heavier accumulation of up to 60 mm in Intibucá and 50 mm in Francisco Morazán, La Paz, Choluteca, and Copán; authorities urge caution in flood-prone areas.

Copeco reported moderate to heavy rainfall continuing through midnight across Choluteca, Valle, Francisco Morazán, Santa Bárbara, southern Cortés, Comayagua, and Yoro, with risks of flash flooding in streams and ravines.

A weather system will bring heavy clouds, moderate rainfall, and electrical activity Sunday, October 4, with the strongest storms concentrated in the western, central, and southern regions.

A weather system will bring moderate to occasionally heavy rain and thunderstorms to western, central, and southern Honduras on Saturday, with lighter isolated showers expected in the north and east.

A tropical wave arriving Wednesday is expected to bring significant rainfall to eastern and central Honduras and help partially replenish reservoirs supplying water to Tegucigalpa.

Humidity and low-pressure channels will bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to southern, central, and western Honduras through Tuesday afternoon, with accumulations of up to 20 millimeters in some areas and the highest precipitation chances exceeding 97% in Lempira, Ocotepeque, and La Esperanza.

A weather system combining Caribbean and Pacific moisture with a surface trough will bring moderate rains and electrical storms nationwide on Sunday, with the heaviest rainfall expected in western, central, and southern Honduras.