Another La Niña for Texas and the Southwest?

Temperature predictions for February-March-April 2012 from the National Weather Service.

 Residents of southern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas might in for continued drought.

The U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday that the La Nina weather phenomenon blamed for the crippling lack of rain might be back soon, just two months after the last La Nina ended. If that happens, the drought would almost certainly extend into 2012.

If you want to track the temperature and precipitation forecasts from month to month, the site is here.