The U.S. Drought Monitor has released their first report following a snowstorm that dropped 30-plus inches of snow on some parts of Colorado last week and it indicates all of that moisture didn’t do much to improve Colorado’s drought situation. Looking two weeks back, the entirety of Colorado was experiencing a technical stage of drought with close to 18 percent of the state experiencing drought stage four – the worst of four stages. Meanwhile, the Drought Severity and Coverage Index (DSCI) score was 366 – the highest it had been since February of 2021 with exception of the previous week when it was at 367. Per the drought report released on May 14, drought is now present in 96 percent of the state (a decline of four percent) and about 15 percent of the state is in drought stage four (a decline of three percent), which is improvement, but not much. The DSCI score is now 340, higher than where it was at the start of April and, excluding recent weeks, higher than its been since March of 2021.…