The idea conveyed by the words used by the author is; Weather is capable of surprising and perplexing.
The author's attitude toward the weather as portrayed by the authors use of the words; inconceivable, bewildering and intoxicating is that the weather is capable of stupefying, perplexing or surprising as it is unpredictable.
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