What about wind read out?
Next to all remarkts made regarding winddirection and -velocity, not to mention the windshears and turbulence I would like to draw your attention to another factor which is always present and what would easily overlooked.
The windreports from the tower mention the steady wind and only when the gusts are 10 kts or more those are mentioned. It is quite easy to have a steady wind from the NE at 17 kts with no gusts reported, where the gust is close to 9 knots and exceeding the limitations.
This is just an example of how easy it is to be misinformed and not knowingly exceeding limitations.
It's not the people but the system (ICAO) that fails. At certain airports all gusts are reported.