Colleagues:
Here are METARs (weather obs) from FAA weather observers at KDEN around 6:18pm MT (0118z).
... 5:53pm MT ...
KDEN 210053Z 28011KT 10SM FEW040 SCT100 M06/M16 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 29027/0000 SLP202 T10561161
... 6:38pm MT ...
KDEN 210134Z 29024G32KT 10SM FEW040 SCT100 M04/M18 A2998 RMK AO2 PK WND 28036/0123
Note strong crosswinds very close to time of accident....
Peak wind of 36 knots.. from 280 degrees... 5 mins after accident!!
Remember.. runway was 34R (I think).
Need help reading METARS... see the NWS LZK website....
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lzk/html/metar.htm
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