CRJ FLT CREW EXECUTES A GAR FROM AN UNSTABILIZED APCH.

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WE WERE CLRED THE MOUNT VERNON VISUAL RWY 1 CIRCLE-TO-LAND RWY 33. ATIS CALLED WINDS AT APPROX 9 KTS OUT OF THE W. AS WE WERE IN THE CIRCLING MANEUVER FROM BASE TO FINAL FOR RWY 33; ANOTHER ACFT ASKED FOR A WIND CHK. TWR NOW SAID THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE W GUSTING TO 33 KTS. I IMMEDIATELY NOW KNEW I WOULD OVERSHOOT FINAL. I TRIED TO CORRECT FOR IT AND STILL BLEW THROUGH IT. IN ATTEMPTING TO RE-STABILIZE ONTO FINAL; I RECEIVED A BANK ANGLE WARNING FROM THE EGPWS; NOW TRYING TO CORRECT FOR THAT I THEN STARTED GETTING BOUNCED AROUND PRETTY GOOD BY THE GUSTY WINDS. I DID NOT LIKE THIS SITUATION; ESPECIALLY THIS CLOSE TO THE GND; SO I IMMEDIATELY DID A GAR AND CIRCLED BACK AROUND REQUESTING A STRAIGHT-IN APCH THIS TIME TO RWY 1 AND INFORMED THE TWR THAT IN THOSE CONDITIONS IT JUST WAS NOT SAFE TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER CIRCLE TO RWY 33. HAD I KNOWN OF THE WIND CONDITIONS PRIOR TO COMMENCING THE APCH; I WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE CIRCLING MANEUVER. IT IS MY PERSONAL FEELING AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE THAT THIS APCH IS NOT A SAFE PROC IF WINDS ARE ANYTHING MORE THAN LIGHT AND VARIABLE; ESPECIALLY WHEN OUT OF THE W. YOU ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE GND TO REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO CORRECT FOR ANY ABNORMALITIES. BETTER COM OF THE CONDITIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE; WITHOUT PROMPTING; MUCH SOONER FOR US. NEITHER MY FOR NOR I HAD ANY IDEA THAT WE WOULD ENCOUNTER THOSE CONDITIONS.