B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Weather
While conducting the ILS 35R approach into MCO; deteriorating weather conditions mandated a missed approach. The missed approach was executed without incident. There were storm cells around MCO but the field was VFR and normal operations/landings were being conducted to 35R (9001 ft). Wind was approximately 45 degrees off the nose 15 gusting to 25 (approximately). Left to right crosswind. As we joined the localizer the aircraft landing reported the first 1000 ft of runway was wet. We were cleared to land; #2. The aircraft immediately ahead of us landed and reported that the first 4000 ft of the runway was now wet; but no other issues. There was a storm cell approaching the field. Approaching the final approach fix we could still see the runway (approximately 6 DME). Fully configured; checklist complete; stable at 1000 AGL; stable at 500. Visibility rapidly started to deteriorate after the 500 ft stable call. Heavy rain. No longer VFR; but all approach lights and runway lights were visible. At approximately 200 ft a very strong and sudden gust of wind left to right pushed us well right of centerline. The Captain (pilot flying) called for and initiated a go-around. Aircrew initiated the go-around without incident. Multiple aircraft on the localizer behind us immediately broke off their approaches as well.I believe the gust of wind that drove us off centerline was microburst type event. It had no headwind component to it; only crosswind; and it was very sudden. To avoid a recurrence; the only suggestion would to be to recognize the threat of weather earlier and discontinue (or never start) the approach sooner.
B737 Captain reported executing a go-around at MCO after encountering a 'microburst type event' on short final.