So instead of average molecule going bottom of atmosphere up to top in a minute, it's staying basically in same location for hours or indefinitely. (judithcurry.com)
«If CO2 WERE a main player, then I suspect that it would be from the TOP of the atmophere down, instead of the popular bottom of the atmosphere up.» (hubpages.com)
Namely these factors are CAPE, which is Convective Available Potential Energy, which is the maximum amount of energy that a rising parcel (which [is] an arbitrary amount of mass) can have as it's rising through the atmosphere; wind shear, which is the difference in wind [vectors] at the top and bottom of the atmosphere; and specific humidity, which is the ratio of water to the total mass of a moist system. (scientificamerican.com)