WHERE do you think that line of weather moved to during that fifteen minutes? Since storms track to the east in this region, they would have been even farther west and not a factor.
Look....
"Tony Cook is a Captain for Delta airlines with 43 years of experience under his belt. "
"The conditions under which these guys were landing in Birmingham the other day were just run of the mill, mundane," he said. "It wasn't difficult for them to land at all. That's given that everything was working and there was nothing else going on in the airplane and that I don't know. I don't want to hazard a guess."
http://www.waff.com/story/23152061/valley-pilot-weighs-in-on-ups-plane-black-box-discovery
I reviewed
your source, but Capt.Tony Cook of Delta was wrong about the weather that morning.
I keep a fairly close eye on the weather and watch the satellite-radar loop often.
That line of weather was moving from west-northwest to east-southeast, towards Birmingham and was severe in several places.
Go to
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/ and in the upper left corner, type in BHM and enter.
Then click on the "minus" until you're looking at about a 20 mile radius.
At the upper right side, uncheck the "Weather Stations, and click on the Satellite box so you're looking at the radar and satellite data.
At the bottom left click on the "Adjust Time" and set the date to the 14th.
Then click on the "Less Than Arrow" of the Hour Adjustment until you see gray block over the "05:00" hour.
Then click the "Greater Than Arrow" once on the Hour Adjustment so the gray block advances to the "06:00" Hour.
That is the weather advancing from west-northwest to east-southeast, moving towards Birmingham Airport and OVER Birmingham Airport, during the time of the crash.