A significant winter storm is on its way to the Gorge, with the National Weather Service calling for the storm to arrive sometime Thursday morning and bring a large amount of snow to the region, along with strong east winds in the western portion of the Gorge.  The National Weather Service’s winter storm watch for Hood River and the Central Gorge calls for five to ten inches of snow, with ice accumulations possible Thursday night and Friday, plus gusty east winds of up to 70 miles per hour from the Cascade Locks and Stevenson area westward causing blowing and drifting snow and limited visibility for travel.  In The Dalles and the Eastern Gorge snow is expected as well, with an east wind of 15 miles per hour with gusts to 25, and the snow changing to freezing rain late Thursday night and early Friday as a warm front overrides cold air at the surface.  Temperatures are expected to be in the twenties, perhaps dipping to the teens in the Central Gorge.