MSNBC was using a different location for Weather Plus updates at 30 Rock this afternoon. The network had moved away from using the Manhattan studios for weather updates on MSNBC, opting to use WeatherPlus headquarters at CNBC in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. instead.

When weather does originate from New York City, it is typically done from the balcony area, but today Jeff Raineri was reporting from the newsroom floor, with a handheld camera used. Raineri used the desktop computers to control his on-screen graphics as well.

By the way, the cable on the right side of the screen is a nice touch.

UPDATE: About thirty minutes later Raineri was back up on the balcony:

NBC Weather Plus recently debuted a new set, presumably in conjunction with the network’s move from the old MSNBC studios Secaucus to CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs. The network relies heavily on chroma key shots, but also has a small standup area. In the old setup, it used to be a printed graphic of a monitor wall; now is a wall with a skyline dura and some small side walls that have flat panel monitors mounted on them.

It seems that the dura is at least a similar to the one that used to be in the standalone studio set at the old MSNBC studios (former home of “Lester Holt Live” and “First Look.” It may even be the same dura that they hauled over from the old set.