also a stripe of 6 inches parts of shenandoah valley. garrett county. west virginia. hard to believe this is an october map. more like early december. tree damage is what we are most concerned about. consequently a lot of power outages. this is brand-new. we now have a winter weather advisory for baltimore, for montgomery county and for fairfax and now a winter storm warning still for frederick county, loudoun county and points east and west. they just added these counties, southern part of these counties to the advisory. not a watch or warning but a winter weather advisory. here is the storm and this is just the beginning of the storm. cold air filtering in now. temps in the 40s. rain is showing up on top of us. not raining just yet. it is yvonne -- is evaporating.

pepco tonight is pulling in the extra tree trimming crews because they are worried the storm might just knock out your power. in fact, that's exact hurricane what happened out in denver. the heavy snow caused trees to fall cutting off power. most of the trees still have their leaves and those leaves will hold on to snow until the trees and branches simply collapse because it is so darn heavy. >> the snow storm in october is not what it is used to doing. so that will probably cause some issues. >> no snow. >> no snow. >> 8 to 12 inches. >> 8 to 12 inches. >> highway crews you can hear are not quite sure what to make of everything. the last time we had this much snow or any significant snow this early october 10th, 1979. well, in d.c. the road crews

got a glimpse into their future today and it centers around snow. moving snow. getting around snow. towing cars that are stuck in snow. work crews gathered at r.f.k. stadiums before they hit the streets for a practice run. >> today we shut down everything so you can do this dry run. and we need all of you to sort of go through your route, make sure you go through every street so you understand exactly what your route is. >> that's right. now the d.c. department of transportation says it has got 350 plows, salt and snow trucks out there to help keep the streets free of snow over the winter. we want to know how much snow you get from this weekend's unexpected weather. submit your storm report to wusa9.com. a lot of people are calling events today in hanover county, virginia, a miracle. at 2 p.m. this afternoon a searcher found the 8-year-old autistic boy lost for going on six days now

alive. robert wood jr. was discovered lying in a fetal position in a gully only about three quarters of a mile away from where he wandered away on sunday. child was in pretty serious condition but he was responsive according to sheriff david hines. >> we have searched that area before. it has been a challenge dealing with a child with special needs who is lost. i think you have all been made aware of those challenges. i can't tell you that he was there. i don't think we walked past him. we are just thankful that he was located. >> in fact, hines had an emotional thank you for the more than 6000 volunteers who got out there and assisted in the search. robert wood jr. has been reunited with his family at a nearby hospital. crime scene technicians and forensic experts took the stand today at the brittany norwood murder trial but some of the most interesting testimony came later in the day when a

coworker and self described friend of norwood's took the stand. andrea mccarren was in the courtroom all day and has the details. >> reporter: another day of rivetting testimony. ila robb testified on the day of the murder she and norwood went to the gym, had lunch and then got manicures and ped icures. the store manager lived right across the street. did you suggest she contact her? robb yes. she said jayna was just here and she wanted her number. i got a text message back that said thank you. two apple store managers testified they heard loud noises in the direction of their shared wall with the

lululemon storm that night. surveillance video shown in court revealed they listened for nine minutes. one manager said we heard screaming, yelling, something heavy being dragged. some kind of grunting. high pitched squealing. she further testified someone said talk to me, don't do this. talk to me. and later i heard somebody say stop, stop. oh, god. apple store senior manager rioss heard voices too. later, he heard a different sound. it was more like panting when you can't breathe. trying to catch your breath and talk. the apple store managers asked their two security guards to investigate but neither left the building and not one of the four people inside the store called 911. we later learned one security guard was wearing headphones at the time. both were fired the next day.

the jury will not get to consider that latest bit of information. so why on earth did no one call 911? we asked. neither manager responded. in rockville, andrea mccarren, 9news now. a frederick murder that happened within days of the lululemon murder is now solved. this man killed his coworker, shot to death in the burger king. the assistant manager and mother of three was opening the store later found by coworkers. >> some items were taken. >> this was a case that really took a lot of diligence taking a look at each and every piece of evidence possible. >> we have also learned the suspect is an illegal immigrant who reentered this country after being deported to el salvador back in '09, previously convicted of attempted robbery.

now to the case of the maryland woman missing in aruba. a judge there decided to keep gary giordano in police custody for yet another 30 days. the gaithersburg man has been held in aruba ever since august. that is when his travel companion robyn gardner disappeared. now, police believe she is dead and that gary giordano had something to do with that, but gary giordano insists he is innocent. he claims robyn gardner was swept out to sea when the two were snorkeling and so far no one has found her body. still to come, turning tragedy into an opportunity. how one family made their hurricane-damaged home into a hallowe'en destination. that's just ahead. but first, rival schools wage a twitter war, and now the fun is turning serious after a controversial hash tag gets out there. we will tell you all about it in a few minutes. stick around.

a twitter throwdown between two rival high schools is creating quite the controversy in ohio. earlier this week folks started posting tweets talking some junk about the game and then somebody created a hash tag. rape stow. that became one of the trending

topics on twitter and the community was divided. >> you don't say rape stow or rape the other team for that matter. that's not right. >> i realize it is a rivalry but i think taking it to that level is a whole new extreme. >> i hear it so often, it is not really a problem. >> i believe they used that term so much you become desensitized to what it really means. so, yeah, i would say it is negative. it puts a negative spin on what's going on. this is just a football game. >> a good thought. it is just a game. both schools released statements saying their staffs are trying to promote a positive healthy rivalry while trying to also discourage students from using disparaging remarks. are some of the kids right that the term has been used to often that in noncriminal ways it has just become part of their vocabulary. send your thoughts to the mail

bag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. severe weather alert declared for saturday. a winter storm on its way. topper is tracking it. that's coming up. but first, from the brink of a deadly heart condition to a beacon of health. how this mother overhauled her life for the better. coming up next.

in tonight's health alert a focus on your heart and what can be done to keep it beating

strong. nothing more important than that, right? >> you've got it, derek. fighting heart disease is a cutting edge proposition these days. it is our own responsibility to treat our hearts right as one northern virginia woman learned just in time. >> reporter: gail remembers with embarrassment her lifestyle of old. no exercise and a diet that today makes her cringe. >> the only exercise i was getting was going from my living room to my kitchen to get my unbelievably unhealthy breakfast which was the chips, cherry pop i told you about and a box of cookies. >> reporter: the virginia mom had gained about 75 extra pounds, had developed sleep apnea and said she was well on her way to the heart disease that contributed to both her parents' deaths. but even that wasn't the wakeup call gail needed. it came from her teenage daughter. >> my daughter came into my room in the middle of night to

see if i was still breathing and she would cry and be so upset at me because she said, you're just out of control and you're eating and killing yourself. >> i began to be very worried because i saw my grandparents dying and i saw everything they went through and i was just picturing it going on to her and she wouldn't be around for my children. >> and it was at that moment i knew i had to make a change. >> reporter: and change she did. gail started out walking for exercise a few times a week and overhauled the foods coming into her kitchen. >> going from my old breakfast of the cookies and chips and soda to making fresh fruit smoothies and enjoying the food and actually tasting it. >> reporter: gail lost 60 pounds and it was her daughter who nominated her for the american heart association's lifestyle change award. i was honored to present it to her a couple years ago and even happier to see she is still going strong. >> it keeps everything to me. i keep it in her room as a

constant reminder of where i have been and what i have become. a healthy person. >> please join me for this year's heart walk at national stadium next saturday, november 6th. not too late to register at wusa9.com. right at the top of our home page. tune in for our special health series cutting edge. attacking heart disease tomorrow at 9 p.m. right here on wusa9. >> derek? >> a family has come up with a creative way to celebrate hallowe'en. you see, back in august a tree fell on the family roof during hurricane irene. they can't move back in and it won't be ready for another six months. so for hallowe'en they have turned that still partially damaged home into an elaborate haunted house for trick-or- treaters. >> amazing. >> terrifying. >> maybe cause some people to wet their pants. >> i hope we have a long line of people coming in.

>> the haunted house will be open to trick-or-treaters hallowe'en night. the only hope is the snow is gone by the time hallowe'en rolls around on monday. >> down there they probably will symbolically just rain ending? snow briefly. west of 95, it is going to be serious, potentially our largest october snowfall is upon us. >> perhaps an historical event. let's start with how much snow we think will fall. it is sort of tricky. won't be on the streets that much. more on the grassy surfaces and unfortunately on the trees. so west of i-95, 1 to 3 inches. farther north to gaithersburg, 3 to 6 inches. hagerstown and fulton county. a little stripe into the shenandoah valley. 6 inches plus. this is a big deal. i know it is only october but

it can happen and our big concern is tree damage and would make power outages a mess. we are not alone in this. this watch and warning and advisories cover about 26 million people from charlottesville all the way to boston into new england. so here is the deal. we have had snows in october. biggest one in 1925. 2 inches. most recent one, i think derek mentioned this earlier. .3 officially at the airport. montgomery county 6 to 10 inches. deceiving because they are downtown numbers or airport numbers. could it be our biggest? critical times 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. power outages seem likely. leaves on the trees. thunder snow is likely. that's going to reduce visibility. and in some cases we are going to get accumulating snow simply because it is going to snow faster than it can melt. now, here is a look at live radar. notice the donuts kind of closing in if you have been watching all evening kind of

getting smaller. looks like it is raining to the west. not raining yet. it is above us and evaporator. it will develop well below midnight probably unfortunately just before the high school football games end. cold air is actually funneling down from north. a weak area of high pressure north and this storm coming from the south. it will develop and sort of recenter off the carolina coast then move up the atlantic seaboard much like a storm you would expect in january or february, for that matter. so, yes, snow in october. probably some rain the second half of high school football. we will still have files tonight at 11 p.m. just a cold rain for us. changeover time between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. depending on where you are. closer to 2 p.m. in the district. closer to 11 a.m. up in gaithersburg. and out toward fairfax. and then we are looking at rain ending in snow even south and east of town late in the afternoon early evening. so tonight, cloudy, breezy and cold, rain well below midnight and winds starting to increase

a little bit northeast at 10 to 15. now tomorrow morning, severe weather alert day. windy and cold. rain. rain to snow d.c. north and west late morning. temperatures 34 to 40. look at the winds. north east at 15 to 25. not going to do us any favors either. by afternoon windy and cold heavy snow d.c. north and west. rain to snow at the end of the day south and east. temperatures 33 to 40. and the winds then turn north- northwest at 15 to 25. only silver lining i can possibly think about the winds, maybe it will keep it off of the trees a little bit. we will see. yes, that is lightning and i think we will have some thunder snow. we will break it down for you in the morning. cold rain 35 to 40. mixing with snow. 35 to 40 then mainly snow by 5 p.m. 32 to 40. so temps really don't go anywhere they kind of go down tomorrow. next three days we are fine for the marathon. sunshine and 49 albeit cool. and we are dry also for hallowe'en. clouds coming in late. 54 but we are going to keep it

dry for the trick-or-treaters. next seven days. in fact, tuesday temps start going back up. sunshine and 56 on tuesday. we are in the 60s wednesday and thursday. in fact, mid to upper 60s by thursday. next frontal system comes in on friday with some showers and lowering temperatures into the low 50s but that will not be a coastal storm. >> you think it will be okay for the trick-or-treaters? >> i do. >> all right, sir. we are glad to hear that much. we will be back with the mail bag. çñ

reaction to testimony in the lululemon murder case. reaction to the fact that two apple employees right next door heard it going on through the walls and didn't do anything. peg isn't surprised. have you ever shopped at an apple store? their late founder taught them while and his demise was the only one they care about. comes as no surprise they heard the cries for help coming from the adjacent store and did nothing. before today i would have called it grossly unfair to all apple employees. however with the lack of any explanation or any apparent remorse from those two apple

store employees, well, let's just say that doesn't help their case, does it? meantime on the facebook page, nobody with much good to say about d.c. mayor gray's plan to tax movie concessions then use the cash to open a new theater east of the anacostia. one person writes people have been sneaking food into movie theaters for years. this will motivate people to do it more than they did before. >> this is socialism. if the market can't support a theater there it will become a hell hole money pit. and gloria, tax the popcorn if you choose. consumers just won't buy it. better yet, start waiting for the d.v.d. and really make a statement. no, that will put innocent people out of work. don't by the popcorn. seems the movies and concessions are pricey enough unless the goal is to have people buy less.

taxes concessions don't make sense. send me some more e-mails. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. or join the conversation over on the facebook page. that is our report. i'll be right back here at 11 p.m. with anita brikman. log on anytime to wusa9.com. you have a great evening. stay dry, stay safe and we will see you a bit later. bye-bye. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com

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