ACR LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC.

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DURING APCH TO CLE WE WERE ON VECTORS TO INTERCEPT ILS 28 AT 3000 FT WHICH WE DID. WE BEGAN TO ENCOUNTER PRECIPITATION; FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. WE WERE CLRED FOR THE APCH AND TO CONTACT TWR AT PARMA. AS WE APCHED PARMA WE WERE TOLD TO KEEP 170 KTS TO PARMA. OUR BUG SPD WAS 121 KTS. APCHING PARMA LOM WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE LIGHT TURB. OUR AIRSPD DROPPED -20 KTS AND GAINED +30 KTS MAX. THE GS INTERCEPT MOVED VERY FAST TO CENTER OF BULLS EYE WITH OVER 1000 FT DSCNT TO STAY ON GS. THERE WAS ALSO 20 DEG CRAB AND FLUCTUATING TO STAY ON LOC. THIS WAS VERY DISTRACTING TO US AND TO OTHER ACFT ON APCH. WE PLACED A LOT OF CONCENTRATION ON MANEUVERING THE ACFT ON THE GS AND LOC AND FAILED TO CHANGE OVER TO TWR AT THE MARKER. IN THE MEANTIME OTHER ACFT HAD STARTED TO REQUEST RWY 5 WHICH MADE ME WONDER IF WE WERE LEGAL FOR A XWIND LNDG ON 28. APCH WAS GIVING WINDS OF 360 DEGS AT 18 KTS WHICH WAS LEGAL FOR OUR APCH AND LNDG. THE CLOUDS WERE ACTUALLY DOWN TO 500 FT AND VISIBILITY 1 MI WHICH ALSO ADDED TO OUR CONCENTRATION FOR THE LNDG. AFTER WE TOUCHED DOWN WE REALIZED WE DID NOT SWITCH TO TWR FREQ FOR LNDG CLRNC; AND DID NOT KNOW IF THEY CLRED US TO LAND IN THE BLIND. WE WERE GOING TO GIVE A WINDSHEAR RPT; BUT THE ACFT BEHIND US DID. WE WERE TOLD BY TWR TO STAY WITH THEM AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 5R. AFTER RECEIVING CLRNC TO CROSS 5R WE WERE TOLD TO CONTACT GND WHICH WE DID AND WE WERE CLRED TO OUR GATE. IN SUMMARY; I FEEL WE WERE LED INTO A TRAP BY GIVING US AN AUTOMATIC CHANGE OVER TO TWR AT MARKER; WHICH REDUCED APCH CTLR'S WORKLOAD; BUT ALSO INCREASES THE PLT'S ESPECIALLY IN THOSE TYPE OF CONDITIONS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT. FLC HAD BEEN ON DUTY FOR 11 OR 12 HRS AND HAD ENCOUNTERED BAD WX AND DELAYS ALL DAY. ON FINAL WERE LISTENING INTENTLY TO CONVERSATIONS BTWN OTHER FLCS AND ATC REF WX CONDITIONS; RWY CONDITIONS; ETC. ATC SOUNDED LIKE TWR. COCKPIT WAS VERY BUSY AND NOISY. FO WAS FLYING THE ILS APCH AND WX WAS SO ROUGH THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET STABILIZED ON GS AND LOC. XWIND WAS BAD; BUT STILL LEGAL FOR THEM ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER FLTS HAD TO GET APCH CHANGED TO RWY 5 (WIND 360 DEGS AT 18 KTS).