probably two inches of rain. you see the change over to snow happening already well out to the west. flood watches up this is through early tomorrow morning, three, four, five, then from nine into three, yes we have a winter weather advisory, hartford, northern baltimore, carroll westward, couple slushy inches possible but i will tell you that's mainly going to be nonpaved surfaces, 40s well above freezing but overnight that's where we have the chance for some of that winter weather, more on the storm and how things shape up later this week. >> this is when you really need the app, the weather team with you no matter where you are. you get the hourly forecast, the weekend, the seven day plus radar go to the website to find a link. it's free for the i-phone and right now the new i-pad weather app is on sale for 99-cent. no also make us the first place

to check for live traffic conditions during the night and for your morning drive. log onto abc 2news.com. you will get a live look at all the cameras and the list of any traffic problems to help plan out your trip. this is really good because -- they are all over western maryland. eastern shore, check it out before you leave the door. every winter will are delays or closings that could change the plans. we made it easier than ever about the changes. right now you can sign up for the alert by to abc 2news.com and look for the alert link. then you click it and you will see the list of all -- that's listed in the area. they are in order. just type in your e-mail address at the top and then click the box next to the school and you will get the alerts if there are any for tomorrow. burglaries have been on the rise in parts of carroll but thieves may have hit the jackpot with a robbery on

tuesday. jeff tells you police say they got tens of thousands of dollars worth of things. >> reporter: the home fully decorated with holiday wreaths. the christmas came early here for burglars tuesday as they stole $26,000 worth of items after the homeowner left for work. > looks like someone kicked through the door frame, kicked the window out. reached inside and unlocked it, got inside, stole a lot of things. . >> reporter: televisions, jewel jewelry, money, and the entire wardrobe of polo shirts and an enxpensive gibson guitar that he got as a teen. they hit the same home four months ago and this time the victim isn't taking any chances. >> we are just putting in a

new door, think he is going with security system, maybe cameras, just motion detector, light and all. >> reporter: the victim's truck was in the driveway at the time of the burglary and there are neighbor was a clear view of the driveway just across the street. that wasn't enough to keep the him burglars from striking here a second time. in carroll, jeff hager. >> all right. if you saw anything out of the ordinary on tuesday or if you have any information are you asked to call the tip line. >> and today the family of a 9- year-old killed two years ago in a camming accident. the final lawsuit against the county, noah was struck in the head and killed by a falling tree back in 2009. it happened between christmas and new year's of that year and

now his family is suing the county for $12 million in a wrongful death suit. they believe that the hundred foot tree had obvious signs of decay and that the county should have removed it before hosting a camp. >> i hope it makes them aware that you know they need to be mare aware of people's children. the safety of everybody's kids going there and stuff. i never thought anything like this would happen. >> reporter: they say it's yet to receive the lawsuit and has no comment right now. police want your help trying to find a missing 14- year-old who hasn't been seen since last month. police say madison davis was last seen on the night of november 30th on liberty parkway when she told a friend she was waiting for someone in a green car to pick her up. her family hasn't heard from her and reported her missing on december the 2nd. police say she has brown hair,

blue eyes, and if you know anything about her disappearance call the police. efforts to legalize same sex marriage in the state has another ally. the baltimore mayor is the latest among several politicians and stars here in the state to come out in support of same sex marriage. >> marriage protects families and couples regardless of sex deserve the same legal protection. it's only fair. it's only right. our state must act to make it so. >> the adds are being put together by marylanders for marriage equality and it joins those from the governor, lieutenant governor, monique and they are expected to be one of the hot buton issues in the upcoming assembly. snoot odds long for a transplant patient, most die waiting, especially those waiting for a lung transplant.

doctors are the first in the country to refurbish a human lung and save a woman's life. this amazing story. >> reporter: the process is called lung profusion. they take lungs that normally couldn't be transplanted preforming a miracle. >> always moving doing and so i didn't --. >> she is like --. >> hard getting used to not being able to do it, just -- being a vegetable. >> it's good to breathe. just to take a breath was hard for susan who had emphezema. near the end bottled oxygen was her constant friend. her skin was gray. >> any little thing that you can think of becomes a big

thing. it would take me probably 30, 40 minutes to get up the steps. >> reporter: the susan of the past two month social months is back to her oldself after a experimental lung transplant. lungs used to have to almost be perfect this process lets them take lung that have been before two damaged by the processes of death and give them life again. >> if we can wash out the signals, the hormone that were sent out in response to the brain injury, we just wash them all out, okay and start new. then the lung tends to want to heal. >> reporter: that done with a special solution and they are inflated made it breathe so if there are any problems they can repair them before placing them in the receiver, if this is successful and approved by the

feds they can save a lot more lives each year. >> about 18 patients in the united states that die a day not having organs. that's all -- but the lung is a part of that system. by able -- by being able to recycle the organs like this, using those that would have otherwise been thrown out we can save lives. >> reporter: a present that susan says gave her her life back and her breathe. >> when you think about what they can do, yeah, and the more time you have to sit there and think about it and the impact it has on you. that you have been given this gift actually that's what it is to me. >> the procedure has been used in canada and in europe but this is the first time it was done in the united states. a lot of study is being done at maryland and other hospitals but if they are good and it's approved doctors think they may be able to triple the number of

transplants they do each year. abc 2news. >> ♪ [ music ] taps. ♪ [ music ] . it's december the 7th, the 70th anniversary of the bombing of pearl harbor. about 120 from that attack were on hand from hawaii for a moment of silence that took place the moment the first planes launched their attacks. here at baltimore the coast guard took time to remember the surprise attack on pearl harbor. the event took place in the coast guard cutter located here in the inner harbor. it was one of the fighting ships at pearl harbor and was

decommissions 25 years ago and today the coast guard commanded was on hand to remember pearl harbor and the role the ship played and also on hand a survivor of the attack. >> all of the sudden, there was a incredible -- blasting around and about that time the plane went -- i said -- i can't tell you what i said. i said oh shucks. >> i could listen to him all night. the ship is permanently docked along pi er6. all right the time of year to give back and give to the needy kids in the area. coming up that's what police officers were doing today. the holiday spirit to children in need. >> the time people are stresses but they need to be good shoppers.

>> planning for a funeral is hard enough but we want to make sure you don't spend to much. some tips to make a difficult day a little easier to deal with. >> very active day of weather across maryland. inch and a 6th of an inch, almost two inches, 63 warm degrees, the wind still warm, 62 was the guaranteed forecast. from baltimore the storm umbrella, snow on the way. if it stacks up. that's coming up.

. if you are looking to get away southwest announced another vai december nation, they have added a daily flight to tucson, mid-february to early april there.

are four -- you can play golf right now at 6:35, 63 degrees, this will be the first nonstop flight. it follows the announcement of a flight to atlanta. it's something none of us want to think about. preplanning a funeral but you know it's an important part of planning future, especially considering now that the average price of a funeral is more than $6,000. unfortunately scams are not unusual. charlie tonight telling you how to avoid being ripped off in the report. >> reporter: its something few of us ever want to think about. the loss of a loved one. preplanning a funeral can save you a lot of heart hack in the long run by helping you avoid rush decisions and lets you do some research. >> unfortunately scams do happen in the funeral industry. it's unfortunate because it's a time when people are very stressed and very emotional. they fled to be good shoppers too. >> reporter: one of the first

things is talk to your family about their wishes. do they want a simple or elabroate or traditional burial? >> what i see often is that people spend far to much money trying to have a huge funeral or the best casket and in many cases that the not what the person would have wanted. >> reporter: when you have an idea of what you want, it's time to meet a funeral director and find out what type of services they offer and how much they charge. >> i tell a family to come with an open mind. a lot of consumers don't know of the different option that have changed overtime. >> reporter: another option, is prepaying for a funeral. be careful and ask a lot of questions. like what happens to your money if the home you pick goes out of business? right now maryland doesn't have a fund but steps in to protect consumers when fun funds are

stolen. >> i think an easier and more flexible thing would be to put the money -- and i think it's a nice thing to want to pay for that ahead of time but just put it in an account and add what's called a pod, pay on death. >> reporter: the bank or credit union will have to fill out a form and have it paid to the person who will then take care of the arrangements. this way when the time comes it's one less thing have you to worry about during the stressful time. abc 2news. >> and again for more tips on preplanning a funeral head to the website, you can click on the list and there its. preplanning for a funeral. avoid schemes and save you money. >> now, maryland's most powerful radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> yeah, a lot of rain on the

radar tonight. an ugly day and a lot of rain surging up and still very mild temperatures remaining in place. that ground is warm out there. heavy rain trekking up the i-95 corridor. we will take you well west this is where we are starting to do the change over. come bear land with a mix. a heavy rain band over hagerstown. wild situation here. lot of rain still able to come down. rooftops, car tops, that kind of thing. still a headache.

take a look. i wanted to show you the majeure we have. this is deep creak lake. earlier this afternoon. look at that. those trees bending, going to be a good weekend to ski out in w isp. here in the city temperatures still way above freezing. we have seen this situation before in december. right now, rain coming down. 50 degrees, winds northwest at 13. temperatures starting to drop. the highs today up above 60, the road surface temperatures below or at 60 degrees. we have a great holiday photograph in, got to get it in -- this is -- you talk about major decorations, this is -- just a great sight. i had to get it in there.

right now cold weather pushing in to western maryland. oakland below freezing. no shocker there, north winds, temperature also drop, rain will continue to fall. eventually we will see a brief change over. visibilities also low with all the rain reducing how far you can see out there. drive with caution. temperatures today the highs were up well above 60. even as we get the change over on the back side of this, a lot of this will just melt on contact. it'll -- the wet surfaces, hit the above freezing areas and that will cause a melt. well north, well west of the city there will be accumulations, take a look at that. you can see the snow band on the back edge of this. most of that is in very high terrain. it's that the back part that have precipitation is going over the mountains which cools off faster of course, timing wise, after nine the advisory, change over, 11, one and then

it blows out by drive with caution. 32, flood watch and winter advisory. 42, man, tomorrow night will be a cold one, 28 and the weekend looking much colder but sunny and clear, for ravens sunday. >> all right. it may have been raining a cold day but that can't stop the excitement from not only police but lucky kid whose got a day to shop with a cop. many baltimore police officers paid assistantsa for area kids at the target store. they escorted kids to the store and then the kids picked out gifts for themselves and their families. >> right now i'm looking for like clothes that can fit me as supplies for my school. and i'm trying to do my cousin a big favor because he wanted a game. i will beefless be nice to

him. >> the gift was paid for by target gift certificates. in the spirit of giving you still have just more than two weeks now to give area children with the toy drive. we are teaming up to help those in needf. now until december the 12th donate new unused toys or used musical items,. for more information log onto abc 2news.com/toy drive for more information. we will be right back. what p

. here is a look at what's come up tonight at 11. if you are traveling over the holidays and plan to use the internet to book something, we are working for you. we will expose the hidden fees  you may have been forced to pay if you make your travel plans online. and as holiday shipping picks up, there has been a rash of people stealing packages left on doorsteps. tips for keeping deliver res safe. join us at 11. >> we will have the latest on the weather at 11 and the radar continuing to show that snow band edging closer now, past cumberland headed toward hagerstown. >> all right.

wyatt will have the latest. we will see you then. world news is neck. have a great night.