WEATHER WISE

The answers to the clues below will be weather-related expressions:

1. Big surprise
2. Quiet time preceding hectic or violent activity
3. To learn of something indirectly
4. One who is there for you in the good times, but not the bad
5. Be aware of what's going on and what's coming
6. They're watching you
7. Assess the hard reality of a situation
8. It's going to happen no matter what
9. Take risks, sometimes big ones, in an effort to accomplish something
10. Try to stop something bad from getting worse, usually without success

Answers:

1. Bolt from the blue
2. Calm before the storm
3. Get wind of
4. Fair-weather friend 
5. Know which way the wind blows
6. Under a cloud of suspicion
7. See things in the cold light of day
8. Come rain or come shine
9. Throw caution to the wind
10. Stem the tide