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Honduras has completed 18 of 20 planned cloud-seeding flights over nine drought-affected departments, with results to be assessed once the final two flights — pending suitable weather — are done.

Agriculture Minister Moisés Molina says three cloud-seeding flights have shown favorable results in drought-prone areas, with half the planned flights still to come and officials evaluating whether to expand the program, which is partly funded by sugar and vegetable producers.

Honduras has completed 10 of 20 planned flights to seed clouds with silver iodide across eight drought-stricken departments, covering 1.8 to 2.3 million hectares, as officials evaluate whether the intervention is increasing rainfall.

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.

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

Tropical Wave 38 is forecast to reach Honduras on Wednesday, potentially ending a recent dry spell and bringing relief to a country facing drought conditions that have stressed water availability and crops.

A tropical wave entering Honduras on Monday is expected to produce light, scattered rainfall across the country, with forecasters noting the possibility of heavier accumulations than recent systems; the dry season (canícula) is forecast to extend into early September across much of the country.

A tropical wave moving into Honduras on Wednesday will bring rain across most of the country, including the capital, temporarily breaking the dry spell in central, southern, and eastern regions amid a seasonal dry period expected to last through early September.

A tropical wave passing over Honduras on Saturday and Sunday, July 25–26, is forecast to bring significant rainfall nationwide, though temperatures will remain hot across all regions.

Cenaos forecasters say the canícula — a mid-summer lull within the rainy season — combined with moderate El Niño conditions will reduce, but not eliminate, rainfall across Honduras from around July 15 to August 15, with high temperatures and only scattered light showers expected.

A tropical wave will enter Honduras on Sunday, bringing nationwide rainfall and electrical activity through Monday and offering relief from extreme heat and drought conditions affecting agriculture.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A tropical wave will break dry conditions across Honduras on Wednesday with scattered to moderate showers, heavier rainfall expected in the south, southwest, center, and east, while capital-area reservoirs continue declining despite the incoming moisture.

Honduras will see mostly dry conditions on August 19, with only weak, isolated rainfall in the northern and eastern regions; the southern region will reach a high of 40°C (104°F), while the central region will see 32°C (90°F).

A weather trough combined with tropical wave 28 will increase rainfall across northern and western highland Honduras, while the south and centre remain dry with temperatures reaching 39°C.

Copeco forecasts rain and scattered showers nationwide on Tuesday from tropical remnants, with heaviest rainfall and thunderstorms expected in western Honduras, offering relief to drought-stricken agricultural areas.

An upper-level trough moving over Honduras on August 2 will bring scattered to moderate rains and thunderstorms to the east, south, and central regions, with a tropical wave expected to follow on August 3 bringing light showers nationwide, forecasters say.

Honduras will see hot, dry conditions through most of Saturday, with weak afternoon rains developing in northern and eastern regions as Caribbean humidity moves in; Choluteca will reach 41°C (106°F), the nation's high.

A upper-level trough and tropical wave will bring widespread rain and thunderstorms across Honduras on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the heaviest rainfall expected Wednesday in the southwestern region.

Honduras's civil protection agency warns of unstable conditions with moderate rainfall and lightning across the north and central regions overnight, urging residents to avoid swollen waterways and exercise caution.

A tropical wave and upper-level trough will bring weak to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms to eastern, central, and northern Honduras on Monday afternoon, with the southern region remaining dry.

A tropical wave interacting with a surface trough will bring scattered to moderate rainfall and isolated thunderstorms across Honduras on Sunday, with the heaviest accumulations expected in the western region, while Sahara dust concentrations will create a light haze in the sky.