Norbert fluctuated in intensity over the next few days. On September 23, a Hurricane Hunter aircraft intercepted Norbert, marking the first time that the core of a hurricane was completely mapped in 3-D. The aircraft was also equipped with Doppler weather radar. Although the hurricane's motion accelerated, by September 25, Norbert was only a Category 2 hurricane. After weakening back into a tropical storm early on September 26 and subsequently ashore near Point Abreojos in the central portion of the Baja California Peninsula while a high-end tropical storm. Norbert eventually became one of the eight tropical cyclones to survive into Arizona.