Re: Cloud
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Explanation that thunderstorm growth is limited by the height of the tropopause is mixing up cause and consequences. In the equatorial areas there's much stronger insolation than in polar and that's what causes stronger thunderstorms and heightened tropopause. Stonger insolation is due to sun being higher over horizon, therefore same amount of solar radiation is spread over lesser surface in lower geographical lattitudes and path of solar rays through the atmosphere is shorter, reducing losses due to reflection and absorbtion.