According to Sandra Shaw, the best shot of showers is from noon until about 2 p.m. this afternoon. "The rain will move in from time to time due to a meager frontal boundary which will pass," she said.

Portlanders will wake to showers early Thursday that will ... to between 5,500-7,000 feet south of the Santiam Pass by the afternoon. Mount Hood will keep its snow levels lower at 4,000-5,000 ...