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<br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.J <br /> <br />inversion near the surfilce was topped hy a <br />weaker inversion at 725 mho Winds in the <br />cool air mass were light easterlv, The L.1. <br />was + 1 and the LFC was at 480 mh. Pre, <br />cipitahle water contents of 0.59 in (1.49 cm) <br />in the lowest 150 m h layer and 1.04 in (2.64 <br />cm) in the sUlflce-to-500 mh layer were <br />similar to the Denver values. Middle level <br />cloudiness was present in the Sterling area <br />at the time of the sounding, <br /> <br />The 1200 GMT synoptic analyses <br />suggested that the stage was set for the <br />development of significant thunderstorm <br />'lctivity over much of the western part of <br />the country. Ahundant moisture, a poten- <br />tially unstahle atmosphere, and weak up- <br />ward lIlotion did comhine to trigger <br />nUlllerous storms during the afternoon and <br />evening of 31 July west of the Continental <br />Divide. Some of these reached severe <br /> <br /> <br />11 <br />