Dropped into MEL Rwy 27 the other morning from Tokyo.
At 500 ft the X wind was 38 knots, decreasing from 32 kts at 200 ft to 23 kts at touchdown.(add a few seconds lag for the IRS/GPS).
Makes the last few hundred feet hard in terms of coordination as well as concentration, especially after a 10 hour flight or thereabouts.
Anyone can get caught out, and that can apply to one and all.