Managing computer network traffic based on weather conditions

A computer system for managing throughput on a network based on weather conditions, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• identifying a weather condition from a weather forecast, wherein the weather condition includes a geographic area and a time period;
• collecting historical data for the network, wherein the historical data correlates network performance and weather data in a common time period;
• determining that the weather condition will lower network throughput below a threshold by predicting an effect of the weather condition on the network using the historical data;
• and
• performing a countermeasure on the network at a time prior to the time period of the weather condition, wherein the countermeasure is selected from a group consisting of:
• dynamically creating software application containers on a server, wherein the software application containers are accessed by a user computing device within the geographic area, automatically copying a data file stored within the geographic area to a remote server outside the geographic area, automatically creating a file buffer on the remote server outside the geographic area, automatically copying a data file stored within the geographic area to the user computing device at the time prior to the time period of the weather condition, and automatically creating a local file buffer on the user computing device at the time prior to the time period of the weather condition.

A computer program product for managing throughput on a network based on weather conditions, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• identifying a weather condition from a weather forecast, wherein the weather condition includes a geographic area and a time period;
• collecting historical data for the network, wherein the historical data correlates network performance and weather data in a common time period;
• determining that the weather condition will lower network throughput below a threshold by predicting an effect of the weather condition on the network using the historical data;
• and
• performing a countermeasure on the network at a time prior to the time period of the weather condition, wherein the countermeasure is selected from a group consisting of:
• dynamically creating software application containers on a server, wherein the software application containers are accessed by a user computing device within the geographic area, automatically copying a data file stored within the geographic area to a remote server outside the geographic area, automatically creating a file buffer on the remote server outside the geographic area, automatically copying a data file stored within the geographic area to the user computing device at the time prior to the time period of the weather condition, and automatically creating a local file buffer on the user computing device at the time prior to the time period of the weather condition.