I am sure it would be calm as always. If it is panicky then he wouldn't and shouldn't be doing it. Not that it wouldn't have your spidey senses a little more on edge as those are winds we just don't see often, but it is not some crazy procedure. More than anything you would be ready for a windshear warning, which is very likely in these severe winds, which requires a maneuver similar to a go-around.
And yes large jets are able to go around at basically any point--lots of thrust there, and at a safe flying speed. A little different from carrier landings where they add power as they touch down on every landing, so if they miss an arrestor cable they are already on the go. For commercial jets we don't need to do that, there is enough runway ahead that there is time for the engines to spool up and go flying again. On Boeing product the only limitation is that once you have begun to deploy reverse thrust, you are then committed to land (comes from a PWA accident in Cranbrook years ago).
As well, in the sim we regularly do training for 'low energy' go-arounds---low altitude and low speed (well below normal approach speed).
So if you didn't like the way things were coming together on a windy day like that, you certainly reserve your right to go-around at basically any point.
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