Nearby at KSFO the same day there were steady winds near 50mph. I heard a pilot om tower frequency who was holding near the runway awaiting suitable conditions if. He Could turn the plane pointing into the wind while waiting, apparently it was rocking pretty good. One thing that was fortunate that afternoon was the strong wind was directly on runway heading. So planes could in general operate. Though they were getting air speed variaitons as much as 20kts while departing on ascent