No two ways about it, the next couple of days could get ugly.
For the second time in less than a week, weather forecasts are showing a major winter storm headed this way.
And, the National Weather Service adds, this storm won’t be anything like the last. Eight to 14 inches of fresh snow are predicted with this storm and possibly strong winds, creating blizzard-like conditions and drifts several feet high.
Visibility will be to near zero at times. Travel will be treacherous.
Although the storm is expected to start later Sunday evening, the brunt is expected Monday.
Wichita’s public works crews are beginning preparations short-handed for a storm that Joe Pajor, the deputy director of public works, said, "looks worse than the last one."
The end result could be restricted traffic flow through the city in the immediate wake of the storm.
Sand and salt supplies are low after last week’s record storm, Pajor said, as are the number of locations where snow can be transported off city arterials and emergency routes.
So, Pajor said, the plowing strategy for the blizzard may be different - snow plowed into the center of arterials, and traffic cut to one lane each direction.
Streets will not be treated with the city’s limited sand and salt supplies until the snow ends and plowing is under way.
"It would have been nice if we’d had a few days to recover, to do some equipment rehab," Pajor said.
Also, the weather service cautions people to consider the roofs on buildings.
“The new snowfall could exacerbate the already nearly foot totals on roofs and could be a concern to structures,” the Sunday morning NWS forecast said.
Temperatures are expected to stay almost 20 degrees below normal – with the highs in the low 30s and lows in the high teens and low 20s.
BP bought a new snow blower yesterday ! 
