Yes, those are snowflakes on your weather app. Here’s what we know about looming cold spell

Frost covers the fronds of a fern.

If you’ve looked at your smartphone’s weather app, you’ve probably seen snowflakes appearing at the beginning of next month.

But don’t get your hopes up just yet, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Seattle.

“There are indeed a few hints that by Feb. 1-2 (Saturday and Sunday of next week) that temperatures overnight could support light snow if precipitation persists. However, we currently are not seeing a signal for a major lowland snow event next weekend,” the weather service said in a statement.

Currently the probability of an inch of snow is less than 20% in the lowlands on the first two days of February. And the chance of more than 1 inch of snow is 10% or less.

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“In other words, if snow does fall, accumulations would very likely be minimal. There are 2-3 outlier model runs (of the 100 models we often are typically monitoring) that show more significant lowland snow. Again these are currently distant outliers compared to the vast majority,” the weather service said.

Even so, the Climate Prediction Center’s outlook for Western Washington shows a greater chance of below-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation next month.

“Finally, this cool and wet pattern could stick around for much of February, based on the latest weeks three-four outlook. This type of persistent pattern is what we will need to monitor for lowland snow/ice this time of year. Stay tuned!” Seattle forecasters said.