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A cold front is forecast to arrive in northern Honduras this weekend, potentially bringing heavy rain, lightning, and flooding risk to cities including San Pedro Sula, El Progreso, and Puerto Cortés, with officials monitoring its development.

Honduras's emergency agency declared a 48-hour green alert for San Pedro Sula and the capital district due to moderate rainfall, river swelling, and flood risk from atmospheric instability combining Pacific and Caribbean moisture.

Heavy rains in San Pedro Sula on October 3 left about 230 families with damaged homes and possessions, with authorities attributing the severity partly to garbage blocking storm drains at 34 critical points across the city.

An approximately hour-long downpour on October 2 flooded main streets in San Pedro Sula, particularly in the Paz Barahona neighborhood, sweeping away a cargo motorcycle and forcing some drivers to pull onto sidewalks to wait out the storm.

Copeco forecasts moderate rainfall across the Sula Valley from Tuesday through Friday, mainly in afternoon and evening hours, as Caribbean moisture feeds the region; authorities urge residents to avoid swollen waterways and report emergencies.

Heavy rains have left streets waterlogged in the Montefresco Este neighborhood of San Pedro Sula for days, forcing school closures and disrupting commerce; residents say the chronic drainage problem persists despite years of complaints.

A tropical wave moving west across Honduras from Gracias a Dios will bring 10–20 mm of rain (up to 40 mm in high areas of the Sula Valley) and thunderstorms to the north starting around 3 p.m., with San Pedro Sula authorities warning residents of flood risk in vulnerable neighborhoods.