Don’t forget to check the local forecast before you hit the road or check out Black Friday deals: Snowfall could snarl post-Thanksgiving travel plans across the northern Plains and Midwest, while roughly 9 million people are under freeze watches in the South.

The first big snow of the season threatened to bury towns in New York along lakes Erie and Ontario during a hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend. In Michigan, heavy lake-effect snow in northern parts of the state was expected to continue into the weekend,