WASP-43b for 18 selected 1D profiles. [**Top:**]{} Nucleation rate shown $\int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} J_*(z) dz$ \[cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$\] with $J_*=\sum_{\rm s} J_{\rm s}$ ($s=\,$, SiO, C, KCl) [**Middle:**]{} $\langle\langle a \rangle\rangle = (\int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} n_{\rm d}(z)\langle a(z) \rangle \,dz)/( \int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} n_{\rm d}(z) \,dz)$ \[$\mu$m\] with $n_{\rm d}(z)$ \[cm$^{-3}$\] the local cloud particle number density. [**Bottom:**]{} Material volume fraction: $\int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} (V_{\rm s}(z)/V_{\rm tot}(z))\,dz$. []{data-label="fig:<<a>>_Parm"}](images/column_avgavgpartsize_Parm.pdf "fig:"){width="50.00000%"}\
![Column integrated cloud properties for WASP-43b for 18 selected 1D profiles. [**Top:**]{} Nucleation rate shown $\int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} J_*(z) dz$ \[cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$\] with $J_*=\sum_{\rm s} J_{\rm s}$ ($s=\,$, SiO, C, KCl) [**Middle:**]{} $\langle\langle a \rangle\rangle = (\int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} n_{\rm d}(z)\langle a(z) \rangle \,dz)/( \int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} n_{\rm d}(z) \,dz)$ \[$\mu$m\] with $n_{\rm d}(z)$ \[cm$^{-3}$\] the local cloud particle number density. [**Bottom:**]{} Material volume fraction: $\int_{\rm zmin}^{\rm zmax} (V_{\rm s}(z)/V_{\rm tot}(z))\,dz$. []{data-label="fig:<<a>>_Parm"}](images/column_Vs_Parm.pdf "fig:"){width="0.9\linewidth"}

![[**Top:**]{} [ Variations in]{} the mean molecular weight, $\mu$ \[amu\], around the canonical value for a /He gas of $\mu=2.316$. [**Bottom:**]{} The resulting change in the atmospheric pressure scale height, $H$ \[$10^7$cm\], changes by $\Delta H\approx 6\cdot10^6$cm from the day- to the nightside at p$_{\rm gas}<0.5$bar. []{data-label="fig:meanmolweight"}](images/molweight_43b.pdf "fig:"){width="1.\linewidth"}\
![[**Top:**]{} [ Variations in]{} the mean molecular weight, $\mu$ \[amu\], around 