Need help please.

I have a consoleMethod that calls setStormCloudAlpha below, it checks first to see if my new alphaValue and the current alphaValue do not match, then it sets "mStormCloudUpdate" to true. In sky::render() I am checking to see if mStormCloudUpdate is true and if so run updateNewCloudAlpha. Its runs though the process of fading in or out the cloudLayer I have assigned. Once the procces is complete, (when StormCloudAlpha == NewCloudAlpha) at prints out the warning telling me that it is complete as seen below. Here is where the problem is...

As you can see I am testing to see if mStormCloudUpdate is true in setStormCloudAlpha, if it is then print out that I must wait.

So now I see that its completed the cycle, I go to fade the cloud back out but it keeps telling me that the cycle is not complete.. Why is it not excepting that I placed "mStormCloudUpdate = false;" when it finishes?

Yes I added a new mask, placed all info in pack and unpack. Am I just calling the setMaskBits wrong or what? Any input into this would be greatfull.

void Sky::updateNewCloudAlpha()
{       
   Point2F a, b, c;
   a.set(mStormCloudAlpha, 0);
   b.set(mNewCloudAlpha, 0);

   c.interpolate(a, b, 1.0);
   mStormCloudAlpha = (F32)c.len();

   if(mStormCloudAlpha == mNewCloudAlpha) {
      mStormCloudUpdate = false;
	  Con::warnf("updateNewCloudAlpha() is complete");
   }

   setMaskBits(StormCloudAlphaMask);
}

void Sky::setStormCloudAlpha(F32 alpha)
{
   if(mStormCloudUpdate)
   {
      Con::errorf("Cloud update in progress, please wait..");
	  return;
   }

   if(alpha != mStormCloudAlpha) {
      mStormCloudUpdate = true;
	  mNewCloudAlpha = alpha;
   }
   setMaskBits(StormCloudAlphaMask);   
}