BRIEF-US CPC says El Niño Forecast To Persist Through March-April-May

U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC): * SAYS EL NIÑO IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH MARCH-APRIL-MAY WITH A TRANSITION TO ENSO-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS LATER IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER

* SAYS THE FEBRUARY-MARCH-APRIL (FMA) 2024 TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FAVORS ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, NORTHERN TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN, NORTHERN ROCKIES, NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS, GREAT LAKES, AND NORTHEAST * SAYS BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURE PROBABILITIES ARE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TO CENTRAL TEXAS

* SAYS FMA 2024 PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK DEPICTS ELEVATED PROBABILITIES FOR ABOVE-NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PLAINS, THE SOUTHEAST, AND MUCH OF THE EAST COAST