I agree, the great lakes get way more thermals during the summer than the inland lakes. A temperature differential thing I guess.
Anyways, here are your monthly wind stats from 2003-2007 for the twin cities area. pretty much guaranteed 2-3 Bft.
http://www.windguru.com/int/historie...no=1&model=gfs
The NAM 12 KM model seems to be a bit more hopefull than the GFS/NWW3 model
http://www.windguru.com/int/historie...ble=0&gl_csv=0
Roberto, I try to stay away from the sci-fi channel. I just don't have the patience to watch aliens hatch