For decades, professor emeritus Bob Rauber has helped students understand some of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces. A longtime professor of the department of climate, meteorology & atmospheric sciences and former director of the School of Earth, Society and Environment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Rauber built his career studying hazardous weather through field campaigns, radar observations, and atmospheric modeling. He is also the lead author of Severe and Hazardous Weather: An Introduction to High Impact Meteorology, a textbook originally developed for Illinois’ course of the same name, co-authored with former faculty members John Walsh and Donna Charlevoix, and now used at more than 100 colleges and universities. The newly released seventh edition reflects major advances in forecasting, research, and our understanding of extreme weather. Rauber spoke about the new edition and why studying hazardous weather remains as important as ever.