Backdoor cold front

A backdoor cold front captured by satellite (top-right)

A backdoor cold front, or backdoor front, is a cold front moving south or southwest along the northeast of the Atlantic seaboard in North America, particularly in the New England region of United States and the Great Lakes. Typically occurring in spring, the front drives cool Atlantic air from the east or northeast into northeastern US that supersedes the warmer continental air. The front is termed "backdoor" because it arrives from the east, meaning it originates from the opposite direction of a typical cold front and therefore comes through the region's "back door."[1][2]

  1. ^ WHAT IS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT? Archived 2021-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Jeff Habby from The Weather Prediction.com
  2. ^ Ebsart, L.F., Pagnotti, V. and Lettau, B. 19 . Climatological aspects of Eastern United States back-door cold frontal passages.Mon. Weath Rev., 101, 627–35,